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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.
May 9th, 2009 at 6:01 am
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
April 19th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Hi i have similar problem when i switch laptop on with battery or adapter the screen lights up and the laptop powers on but nothen displays on the screen apart from a light black colour
April 12th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Rick,
The hard drive is not related to the memory upgrade, I guess it’s just a coincidence.
What is your laptop name and model?
April 9th, 2009 at 3:29 am
I replaced my memory i went from 512 mb to 2 gb and now my hard went dead – i want to know what or were are the real instructions to remove the old HD and replace it with a new one.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Ayanna,
I don’t think you can upgrade the video card in a Pavilion zv5000 notebook because it’s integrated into the motherboard. In other words, the video card is a part of the motherboard and is not removable.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I know this has nothing to do with the discussion but it is about the same laptop that I have. I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade the video card in the hp pavillion zv5000 notebook? If so what type of video card should I get and where can I buy. There’s nothing really wrong with the video card I have now, I’ve had no problems, but a lot of programs that I would like to run say that I need a better one so is it possible to upgrade the video card and how do you do it? Thanks so much for all of your help.
January 6th, 2009 at 9:32 am
I’ve got a slightly different issue: My screen displays a grid of white dots with the cursor flashing in the upper left corner-video is the same feeding external monitor. I assume bad video card-can the video card be replaced?
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:57 am
Larry,
Could be bad backlight (CCFL) lamp.
I doubt that your problem is related to the driver. Start your laptop in Safe Mode. Does it work fine or the backlight still fails? You see, it fails even before Windows and drivers are loaded.
December 20th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I have the same issue as Mitch — I’ve gone through three inverters, each time it fixes the issue for a moment, and then the inverter cards start making a fizzing noise — like using a cd covered in scratches. Then the screen goes black. Each time thereafter that you hit the lid button to reactivate the monitor, it runs for less time. My guess was that its a power issue — that its being overloaded or something — due to perhaps the computer using default drivers for xp, rather those that were factory approved with the ZV5000. Another guess was just bad wiring, and another is that the video card maybe be pushing bad voltage along — but you told him it might be the lamp. Before I head into replacing that — I was just curious what you thought of my ideas.
December 20th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Serge,
It’s unlikely that both parts (LCD screen and video card) failed at the same time. From your description I assume you have a problem with the video card, but I’m not sure if the screen is bad too.
Mist likely the video card is integrated into the system board. If that’s the case, you’ll have to replace the whole system board.