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These instructions will help you remove hard drive, memory, wireless card and keyboard from a HP Pavilion dv9000 series laptop. All these components, except the keyboard, can be accessed through the bottom of the laptop.
In the next guide I will explain how to disassemble laptop display panel and remove inverter board with LCD screen.
Do not disassemble your laptop if it’s still covered by the manufacturer’s warranty or you loose the warranty. Are you looking for spare parts for your HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop? Search here.
First of all, remove the battery. Remove screws from the 1st hard drive and memory covers. Remove both covers.
Under the memory cover you will find the wireless card and RTC battery.
In order to remove the hard drive, lift up the right side of the drive assembly (move 1) and then pull it to the right (move2). If you are replacing the hard drive, you’ll have to transfer the caddy and connector to the new drive.
Before you remove the wireless card, you’ll have to disconnect both antenna cables pointed with green arrows. Simply unsnap both antenna cables from the wireless card with your fingers. After that remove two screws securing the wireless card and pull it from the slot by the edges.
Some Pavilion dv9000 laptops have only one hard drive installed. As you can see, in my notebook there is no second hard drive under the cover.
If you would like to install a second hard drive into your notebook, you’ll have to purchase a new 2.5″ SATA hard drive, SATA connector and drive caddy.
I refer to all HP Pavilion dv9000, dv9000, dv9100, dv9200, dv9300, dv9400, dv9500, dv9600 & dv9700 notebooks as the “dv9000″ since adding a hard disk drive (HDD) to all above mentioned notebooks is similar.
In order to remove the CD/DVD drive you’ll have to remove the securing screw (1) and then carefully pull the drive from the laptop.
KEYBOARD REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS
Remove six green screws securing the keyboard bezel and one red screw securing the keyboard.
Carefully start removing the keyboard bezel with a small flathead screwdriver.
Be very carefull, the bezel is attached to the motherboard with a flat ribbon cable. The cable location is pointed by the green arrow. Do not disconnect this cable. Simply place the bezel as it shown on the picture below.
Remove three screws securing the laptop keyboard.
Lift up the keyboard. Be carefull, it’s connected to the motherboard.
In order to release the keyboard cable, you’ll have to unlock the connector as it shown on the picture above.
1. Slide the connector lock to the direction shown by two green arrows with your fingernails.
2. Pull the keyboard cable from the connector.
Now you can remove and replace the keyboard with a new one.
In the next guide I explain how to replace broken dispaly hinge in HP Pavilion dv9000 series laptop.
May 19th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Can I use paypal to donate?
May 19th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
My Hp dv9700z cannot boot windows.
I see the HP invent screen, Then nothing happens. After a while I see a message: “Operating System was not found”.
I can access BIOS. In BIOS, I cannot see my HDD. I tested the HDD on my desktop and it is working fine. I tried a bootdisc but my optical drive does not seem to work either.
I am suspecting the motherboard, but if I see the BIOS screen, it cannot be the MB, can it?
I am thinking of replacing the MB but I want to make sure it is the source of the problem.
PS: My HP is less than 2 years old and out of warranty. It does not qualify for the recall, so I am on my own.
May 19th, 2010 at 8:41 am
Thank you very much on the keyboard replacement instructions. Worked great and computers scare the hell out of me. I have one more problem now, darn kids! The wireless switch in the front is very touchy. It all depends on how you have the computer tilted or if you lean on it. Blue means your connected and red/orange means your not and it keeps flipping back and forth if you move the darn thing slightly. Any ideas?
May 17th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
isaac,
Don’t use the laptop. Unplug the AC adapter and remove the battery.
Let it dry for a couple of weeks days.
Test after that.
May 17th, 2010 at 10:51 am
my sister spilt some water on my laptop and now the screen doesn’t work, the sound effects still come in at the right times and if you press a button on the keyboard it still makes a blip sound but the screen itself just doesn’t work
May 5th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Nevermind, got it.
May 5th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Ray,
In the following guide I explain how to replace the left hinge on a HP Pavilion dv9000 notebook (it’s a common problem).
You can use same instructions for replacing the right hinge I guess.
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/how-to-replace-broken-left-hinge-in-hp-pavilion-dv9000/
May 5th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Sorry, could you tell me how to replace the right hinges….?
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Helen,
Could be memory problem. You have two memory modules installed, right? Try removing them one by one and start the laptop with only one memory module installed.
If one of the modules is bad, the laptop will start properly when the bad module is removed.
May 3rd, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Luz Marina,
First of all, the part number is incorrect. There should be six digits in the first part of the number, not five.
Find the right part number and google it or search on eBay. You’ll find something.
What is wrong with the motherboard? Lights turn on but no video? This is a known issue with this model, take a look at this post:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/free-repair-hp-pavilion-compaq-presario-laptops-out-of-warranty/
About a month ago I fixed a Compaq laptop with similar failure using this method:
http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2010/04/06/fixing-compaq-presario-v6000-motherboard-no-video-issue/
The laptop still works. I’ve been running it almost everyday.