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In this post I explain how to disassemble the display panel on an HP Pavilion dv7 series notebooks.
I’m taking apart an HP Pavilion dv7t-1000 notebook PC but my instructions should work for all models in the Pavilion dv7 line. If this guide works for you please mention the notebook model number in comments after the post.
By the way, in the previous guide I explain how to completely disassemble an HP Pavilion dv7 series notebook.
Before you start, turn off the laptop and remove the battery.
STEP 1.
There are two screws securing the LCD screen bezel to the display cover. These screws are located in the lower left and right corners and hidden under two screw covers.
Using a sharp object remove the left screw cover. After that remove the screw.
STEP 2.
Using same technique remove the right screw cover. After that remove the screw.
STEP 3.
Start separating the LCD screen bezel from the display cover on the top. You can use a guitar pick as a case cracker.
Insert the guitar pick between the bezel and cover and slowly move along display side. Continue removing the screen bezel with your fingers.
STEP 4.
Continue removing the LCD screen bezel.
STEP 5.
Screen bezel removed.
STEP 6.
The screen inverter board is mounted below the LCD screen. There are no screws securing the inverter.
Lift up the inverter board and disconnect cables on both ends.
STEP 7.
Remove the screen inverter board.
STEP 8.
Remove eight screws securing the LCD screen assembly to the display cover.
STEP 9.
Separate the LCD screen assemble from the display cover and disconnect one cable from the web camera module.
STEP 10.
Now you can access the video cable connector on the back of the LCD screen.
STEP 11.
Unplug the video cable from the LCD screen.
STEP 12.
Remove four screws securing the LCD screen to the mounting bracket on the right side.
Remove four more screws on the left side (picture not shown).
STEP 13.
Carefully remove the LCD screen. Now you can replace it with a new screen if needed.
You can find a brand new LCD screen for HP Pavilion dv7 series notebooks here.
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August 25th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Hi. I just used this guide to replace the lcd screen in my Pavillion dv7 3165dx. This is the only guide I could find that could help me do the job. (Yes, I will donate – this saved me a bunch of repair bucks!) I was in a bit of a hurry to get this done since I started late in the evening, so I didn’t get a chance to take photos of the steps. But it was almost identical to the photos you posted. To assist those with my model laptop, I want to just illustrate the few differences I noticed during the repair.
1) I used an old credit card to slide around the bezel and pull it off… Worked pretty well. I popped two small clips off across the top of the bezel, but with it now put back together, I don’t notice any slack (they were several clips apart)
2) There was no screen inverter present in the base of the hinge under the bezel to unplug and remove. This is an essential part of the setup for the screen to work, so I’m sure it’s located elsewhere, most likely in the base of the laptop.
3) Both my original and replacement screens have the fideo cable plug and circuit board at the bottom of the screen, as opposed to the top as shown in the pavillion model photos in this article. Also, for my screens, there is no webcam plug to remove. It appears to have been routed behind the screen fastened to the laptop shell. All I had to do was remove the video cable, pulling the piece of tape holding it in place in the opposite direction of the plug. Once that was done, the cable was also stuck by some adhesive along the bottom of the screen. The part stuck with adhesive is in some kind of fabric but is still flexible. Pulling that last part off, the screen is completely unplugged. Once I replaced the screen panel, I just lined up the video cable plug with the socket on the back of the panel, used the tape on the video cable to pull it into the video socket. The tape lost a small portion of its adhesive, so I overlapped a piece of electrical tape onto it to ensure that it stays in place.
4) The screen on my laptop is only held on by 4 screws total on the mounting bracket, although there are holes for the remaining 4, if someone wants to add them for some reason (they’re not necessary)
This was a great breakdown, and again, thanks for posting this. I’ve never tried a screen repair before, and using this I did it with relative ease. Just typed all this using my fixed laptop!
August 3rd, 2010 at 11:36 am
Do all screens have the plug-in for a webcam? There is a cable for my webcam and I want to know that if I buy a screen that the screen will have the plug-in for my webcam.
July 31st, 2010 at 6:37 pm
lauren, if you have a bad screen, you just need to buy that. The web cam, mic and all are separate parts that you don’t need unless yours are bad.
July 31st, 2010 at 6:30 pm
This is pretty much in line with the dv7t-2200 with a few minor differences.
July 29th, 2010 at 8:06 am
How do u know if the screen you are buying is compatible with built-in webcam and microphone? I have the DV7-1444us and I can’t figure out if you have to buy a certain screen or if all screens have a webcam plug-in to attach your existing webcam.
July 8th, 2010 at 10:28 am
Okay, folks, allow me to offer some advice.
If you have the machine with the flush mounted screen (plexi cover) it isn’t worth it to try to replace the lcd.
The screen is adhered to the bezel with double sided tape. You can get them apart, but then there is the tape residue that must be completely removed from the bezel before attaching the new screen. This appears to be just about impossible. I have not been able to make much of a dent in it. Also, in the process of scraping off the tape residue you also scrape off the black paint that is underneath the tape. This means that the border must either be repainted or you put up with the display looking like crap around the border.
It ain’t worth the effort.
July 1st, 2010 at 10:52 am
ted soulds like mine, there stuck on/ glued together to stop the dust getting it, which it still does Grrrrr
June 29th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
It seems like information on these machine is a closely guarded secret. I’m trying to get a broken display out of a dv7 1132nr. This is a glossy, flush mounted model.
I removed the two hidden screws and the back. Disconnected the cables at the screen. Removed numerous tiny screws. Still the display will not come away from the bottom. I cannot see what is holding it.
It looks like the bezel and the screen need to come out as one, but something is holding it from coming. Anyone?
June 19th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
I’m in the process of replacing a broken LCD screen on an hp dv7 1285dx and I found the above instructions very helpful, especially when it came to removing the bezel, which is often broken (or the clips that secure it to the display cover). I found a technique that worked well when it came to releasing the bottom left and right (corner) bezel clips to prevent snapping the bexel.
Thanks for sharing, this was the only information I could find on the topic at the time.
Keep up the good work!
June 13th, 2010 at 11:41 am
q] can i just take the lcd screen off, to get at the cover to clean it , or will i have to cut the tape to seprate the two to get to it???
once ive taken the back of the screen off, and taken the 8 little screw on the top edge its, kind of like pic 9 but im working from behind and the lcd looks to be glued/stuck on ….to the front cover do i have to cut threw this, or can i just take the lcd out of its housing to get behind it?
ill going to have a play when i get a spare hour… ot see what happens, ill report back!
June 13th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Pc.
Now sure what tape you are asking about.
June 13th, 2010 at 4:50 am
yes my dv7-1055ea about 1y 6m old) is the same as above 2 screws, slide it up , then it opens up, only thing is, i need to clean the dust thats in between the screen and the cover but it looks glued together….
q] can i just take the lcd screen off, to get at the cover to clean it , or will i have to cut the tape to seprate the two to get to it???
Thanks in advance
June 10th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
WARNING – not all DV7 lcds open this way. Thanks for helping me break my frame clips off on the left, to match the right (with a pick). My dv7-1025nr display opens BACKWARDS and the above pick technique just breaks the inner clips off both frame and top cover. Mine has a clear cover over the LCD, unlike the one above with no clear cover. Kind-of hard to tell at first.
YES take off the 2 screws first, but then the top/back cover slides UP and completely releases from the back. The LCD is mounted to the narrow front frame. ODD I know. NOT ALL dv7 are the same.
May 18th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
I replaced a display on a DV7-3065DX VM238UA using the information provided on your website, thank you very much! (yes, I will donate) Not as many screws holding the panel in the brackets, but your site is the only information I could find close enough to get the job done. I’m not a HP ASP but these notebooks somehow keep finding their way to me pretty regularly. I wish us “little guys” had access to the service manuals/service library- I don’t think HP realizes we are helping them to keep customers all the time. If someone perhaps had a cross-reference of the document number to model number that we could access- like that DV6 manual you have posted- maybe uf that Cxxxx number were a few digits different, it would connect to a manual for the DV7 etc. etc….
May 8th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
hi, i had troubleshoot an hp pavillion dv 9000 laptop…the problem is that the hinge is broken because it was fall…at first the laptop still function even if the hinge is broken but later the monitor was not able to function anymore…its screen appears black….i try to connect an external monitor and it displays but the resolution is not fine color is affected and very distorted…question what should be the possible prob..why the monitor of the hp pavillion doesnt work and malfunction?IS IT BECAUSE CRACK HInge?or mabe the inverter is malfunction?i read ur article about how to change the inverter and its seems great tutorial and guide toooo…hoping for ur response!!!!