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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.
October 20th, 2011 at 2:23 am
Thankyou – excellent
October 8th, 2011 at 8:52 am
Thanks to you my dv9009 now has a good LH hinge and the total cost was $10 – I even managed to replace the broken plastic bezel at the same time for a bit more money. Now my pc looks and works like brand new. Note, I had the same problem that you did in that the securing plastic mounts on the cover were toast…, so I decided to try using some locktight PLASTIC BONDER 2-part epoxy I had (nothing ventured…) in hopes of completing the repair. I put some epoxy in the place where the posts used to be and after tightening the screws to the little brass knarled backing/securing nuts on the hinge I set my new LH hinge in the epoxy & let it set up overnight. I removed the hinges in the morning by backing out the screws and the little brass nuts were soundly anchored and bonded to the cover… I’m very happy and I want to thank you so very much for your detailed approach to fixing the hinge problem
September 23rd, 2011 at 10:57 am
i am using HP pavilion dv9000 laptop last 1 years , i am really glad to invest my amount on proper product . thanks to HP team & managment for doing this superbe job.
September 5th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
@ Rebecca,
Here’s how you do it:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/recover-files-from-broken-laptop/
September 5th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Hi,
I am very much computer illiterate, so this may be a dumb question. I am ready to throw my hp dv9000 in the garbage as it has been giving me problems for a long time now, but today it will not turn on at all. I tried every piece of advice I could find, but it still will not turn on. I got a new battery and adaptor, still nothing(I’m using my sisters laptop now).
Question: I have some very important files, plus sentimental pictures on there that I really want to save from the computer before I take it to be recycled. Is there any way at all that I can do this? Can I take the hard drive out of an hp and put it in a different brand(there is no way I am getting another hp!).
Thanks!
August 27th, 2011 at 11:17 am
I have a HP Pavilion dv9000 and had the hard drive replace in April 2011 and now the computer will not boot up, could it be the hard drive again? thanks
August 21st, 2011 at 11:44 am
Hi,
My HP Pavilion dv9535nr. Suddenly stopped working, I get these funny faint colors in lines or small dots on the screen. It wont start most of the time, it goes to the repair screen and all of that. I did a system restore, did not help. I even reformated and same thing. I then noticed a sort of burning smell, it was coming from the top of the keyboard. I saw your pic here on how to remove the bezel, the part that is attached to the motherboard with a flat ribbon cable. There is a little black bump thing just next to the part that the ribbon plugs into. It had melted a hole in the black tape that was over it. I reached up to pull off the tape and it burnt my finger. Is it supposed to get that hot? I have had the laptop for 4 years, but you can tell the tape was just melted it seemed like just few hrs. I was trying to fix it. but i have tried several other times over the past few weeks as well, and didn’t notice the heat. If you can offer any advice I would very much appreciate it. Thank you
August 9th, 2011 at 9:24 am
Hi,
Can i use my HP pavillion dv9000 as a chassis and build a totally new laptop withh motherboard, graphics card and everything. Is it possible?
July 20th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
@ Mark,
Most likely you cannot see the second hard drive because it’s not partitioned and formatted.
Here’s what you can do:
1. Right click on Computer and go to Manage.
2. Click on Disk Management.
3. Find your new hard drive listed in there. Create a partition and format it.
July 20th, 2011 at 12:27 am
HI MY DEAR
I installed a second hard drive in my HP pavilion dv9000 laptop ,but it can not display on my computer,could you help my how to set it up! it is run at WINDOWS vista home premium.
THANK YOU
Mark