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If the screen on your HP Pavilion zv5000 laptop suddenly went dark, most likely this problem is related to the inverter board. This guide explains how to get inside the display panel and and replace the failed inverter board with a new one. You will not find these instructions in the official service manual.
The screen inverter replacement will take about 20-30 minutes. You can find a new inverter board for your Pavilion zv5000 laptop here for less then $15.
Here are some of the most common inverter failure symptoms:
1. The laptop starts fine but you barely can see any image on the laptop screen. If you connect an external monitor, it works fine.
2. You turn on the laptop and the screen works fine for a while but then it goes dark. If you restart the laptop the screen starts fine and goes dart again.
3. When the screen is dark you can light it up for a moment by tapping on the lid close switch.
It is possible that your inverter board is OK and there is a problem with the backlight lamp inside the screen, but this failure is less common.
Other posts related to HP Pavilion zv5000 laptop repair:
1. Removing LCD screen and replacing backlight lamp.
2. Removing keyboard and upgrading memory.
December 19th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Hi, I’ve also a similar problem with a ZV5000, the screen stays black. I’ve connected the laptop on an external screen but the image is very bad, very low resolution, with a lof of vertical rectangles all through and it’s like I was washing the screen with the mouse pointer when I move it. I showed that laptop to a technician who told me that the screen and the graphic card are both defective, the card being certainly overheated. He did that diagnostic just by trying the machine, saying that it’s a common problem with the HP’s. For me, the default came suddenly, the machine worked well for the whole afternoon and was shut of correctly but remain black at the next startup one hour later.
Any comment or suggestion? Thanks a lot in advance.
December 10th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
bjack, it sounds like I am having the same problem. I too have a HP dv1000 and I’d be happy to know what you eventually ended up doing.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Mitch,
I think it’s unlikely that you had two bad inverters in a row. Apparently it’s not the problem.
I think you have a bad backlight lamp (CCFL lamp) which is located inside the LCD screen.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
My zv5000 screen went out the same way. I initially took it into a repair shop and they told me I’d need a new inverter board and wanted to charge me 300 bucks. Instead, I bought one on eBay for around 15 dollars and tried to install myself. The screen would light up, but after a few seconds it would go blank. I bought another inverter board and had the same result, except this one would make a fizzing noise every time the screen went black. Any suggestions?
October 24th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
i got hp dv1000, pavalion entertainment book, the screen is totally blacked out and if i hit the lid button on the laptop the screens comes bak n blacks out. advise me on tht, is the inverter only or sumother problem n if its only inverter, then frm where n for how much is it gona cost me to repair it…
thnks
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Rob,
Maybe it’s just screen brightness settings?
Try increasing the brightness using Fn+F8. Pres on the Fn key and at the same time press a few times on F8. Does it work for you?
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
Replaceing the inverter board may seem to be the most likley problem with my HP zv5000. One thing mine does that you haven’t described, is when I unplug the computer from the wall or unplug the computer from the jack, the computer will go to battery power, then the screen will brighten up. This is my 3rd power cord for this laptop. Do I need another one?
Rob