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In this guide I will disassemble a HP Pavilion g6 laptop.
In this particular case I’m taking apart a HP Pavilion g6-1c55nr but the guide should fit all models in Pavilion g6 line.
This guide explains hot to disassemble laptop base. In the next guide I’ll explain how to remove and replace the screen.
STEP 1.
As always start laptop disassembly with removing the battery.
STEP 2.
Remove two screws securing the bottom cover.
Lift up and remove the cover.
STEP 3.
Under the bottom cover you’ll find the following components:
- hard drive.
- memory modules (in my case I have only one 4GB module installed).
- wireless card.
- CMOS battery (standard 3V battery).
STEP 4.
Slide the hard drive to the left and disconnect it from the motherboard.
Lift up and remove the hard drive.
HP Pavilion g6 laptop uses a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive.
STEP 5.
Remove the memory module.
HP Pavilion g6 laptop uses DDR3 memory
STEP 6.
Remove one screw securing the optical drive (DVD drive).
Pull DVD drive from the laptop and remove it.
STEP 7.
Remove one screw securing the keyboard on the bottom of the laptop.
This screw located close to the wireless card.
STEP 8.
The keyboard secured by five spring loaded latches on the top.
It could be tricky to release those latches. I’ll try my best to explain the process.
Using a small flat head screwdriver push the latch inside the case. At the same time lift up the keyboard a little bit.
When the keyboard lifted up it doesn’t allow the latch to lock again.
Do the same with all remaining latches.
STEP 9.
After all five latches release, you should be able to lift up the top side of the keyboard.
STEP 10.
Turn the keyboard upside down and access the connector.
You’ll have to unlock the connector in order to release the keyboard cable.
STEP 11.
On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the locked position.
Carefully lift up the left side of the brown locking clip. It will open up at a 90 degree angle.
STEP 12.
After the connector unlocked, you can pull the keyboard cable.
STEP 13.
Remove the keyboard.
New keyboard for HP Pavilion g6 laptop available here.
STEP 14.
Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.
One screw (yellow circle) hidden under the rubber plug.
You can remove the plug with a sharp object and after that remove the screw.
STEP 15.
Remove six screws securing the top cover assembly.
Disconnect the power button cable and touchpad cable.
STEP 16.
You unlock both connectors the same way you unlocked the keyboard connector.
Lift up the left side of the white locking tab. The tap will open up at a 90 degree angle.
STEP 17.
Pull cable from the connector.
STEP 18.
Now you can start separating the top cover assembly from the laptop base.
Insert a piece of soft plastic (I’m using the guitar pick) between the top cover and base and move it along the side.
Continue removing the cover with your fingers.
STEP 19.
Remove the top cover assembly.
Under the top cover you can access the following components:
- cooling fan (mounted on the bottom side of the motherboard). In order to access the fan it’s necessary to remove the motherboard.
- laptop speakers mounted on the bottom.
- power jack which is attached to the power cable. If the power jack failed, you simply unplug the old one from the motherboard and plug in a new one.
- USB board.
- optical drive connector.
- motherboard.
May 10th, 2013 at 9:19 am
I find very very difficult to remove the keyboard ! I push the little… tongues but doesn’t come up !
April 10th, 2013 at 6:18 am
thanks a lot
now its not getting that much hot,, i removed lot of dust,, now the extra sound also gone 
April 9th, 2013 at 12:57 pm
Hi, looked at this for fan error but when I saw how long a process it is, I tried the compressed air. This seemed to have worked, fan kicked in nice and quiet but after a while it started making a loud clicking noise and the error message is back, any advice please?
March 17th, 2013 at 7:46 am
@ Kostas
we have the same model or so it seems
you have to pull the cover away from the battery then it opens
March 13th, 2013 at 10:02 pm
Thanks so much for the guide. Was able to open and change the fan that had shown an error. However, upon reassembly, I am not able to start the computer. I get no power light and it shuts down after a few seconds.
I’ve tried a hard reset, cleaned and reinserted the memory module and checked for any missing connections. Still nothing.
Any ideas as to what might be the problem?
March 1st, 2013 at 12:33 am
I’m stuck at the first part. unscrewed the two screws on the part thats covering the hard drive/memory, but i cant find any way to pop the cover open.
February 11th, 2013 at 4:42 am
quite experianced amature would love to thank you for your guide. I got me in, the cooling fan inspected, loosened cleaned and now the “fan not working” error is gone, thanks
February 10th, 2013 at 7:19 am
I’m trying to open my G6 case to change my memory cards, I’ve unscrewed the screw that holds that case part (it’s only one screw, not 2 as in this guide), but I can’t seem to get the screw out. I supposed it wont go off, staying on the plastic cover, so i tryed to get that one off, but i can’t find out how… I suppose there will be something like clips? But where?
Any ideas on how to take it apart?
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:59 am
@ Agzam,
Laptop repair technician.
February 3rd, 2013 at 1:45 am
I followed all procedures and was able to take all components a part. This tutorial was very useful for exception removing memory card, there were two clips: right and left and you need to push them with flat screw crew driver(in my case i only had to do one). I know its not common but there should be pictures because i almost used force to remove it since one of the clips was stuck.
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