HomeIn this guide I will explain how to disassemble the display panel and remove LCD screen with inverter board from a HP Pavilion dv9000 series laptop. Do not disassemble your laptop if it’s still under warranty.
You’ll find instructions for removing hard drive, memory, wireless card and keyboard in my previous post.
Are you looking for spare display parts for your Pavilion dv9000 laptop? Search here.
HP offers free repair for some out of warranty Pavilion dv9000 laptops.
LCD screen and inverter board removal instructions.
First, remove the battery. There are five screw seals located on the LCD screen bezel. Remove all five seals with a sharp object. Remove all five screws found under the seals.
Now we are going to remove the LCD screen bezel. Insert your fingers between the bezel and LCD screen and carefully disengage plastic latches.
Continue removing the bezel.
LCD sceen bezel has been removed.
You’ll find the inverter board under the screen. Carefully unplug cables from both sides of the inverter board. Remove the screen inverter and replace with a new one if needed.
NOTE: some HP Pavilion dv9000 laptops come with dual backlight and require a dual inverter board. Instead of one connector on the right side (as it shown on the picture above), the dual inverter has two connectors.
In the official service manual for HP Pavilion dv9000 I found the following part numbers:
Display inverters:
For use with Dual Lamp display panels 432959-001
For use with Single Lamp display panels 431391-001
Remove three screws from each side of the screen. These screws securing the screen hinges to the cover.
Now you can access the back side of the screen. Carefully remove sticky tape securing the video cable. Unplug the video cable from the screen.
Remove two screws from each side of the LCD screen. These screws securing the screen to the hinges.
Remove the screen and replace it with a new one if needed.
Note: some HP Pavilion dv9000 laptops come with dual backlight LCD screens. On the picture above the single backlight lamp LCD is displayed.
The dual backlight LCD has two backlight cables.
In the official service manual for HP Pavilion dv9000 I found the following part numbers for LCD screens:
Display panels:
17.0-inch, WXGA+, TFT Dual Lamp display panel with BrightView 432954-001
17.0-inch, SXGA+, TFT Single Lamp display panel with BrightView 432953-001
17.0-inch, WXGA+, TFT Single Lamp display panel with BrightView 432952-001
LCD screen, bezel and inverter have been removed.
This model has a known issue – broken left hinge. In the next post I explain how to remove and replace the broken left hinge.
If your HP Pavilion dv9000 notebook has no video at all, it could be related to the video chip failure on the motherboard. Take a look at this video tutorial explaining how to fix failed video chip in HP Pavilion dv9000.
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March 10th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Hello,
I just changed my LCD Screen on my HP Pavillion DV5-1225ca. When I turn on my laptop now
the screen will light up white and then slowly fade to black. What did I miss???
Thanks
March 9th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Hi, Thanks for the Great job and a great help you give so many of us. I have a HP ZD81200cl, I have read all the past post on panel problems, mine seam to fit in to many of the discriptions listed. Narrow verticle lines, a line that is vertical and about 2 inches wide that is white on the left side of screen, but after it has been on for a few minutes, slowly disapears and screen is back to normal. I pluged in another monitor (flat panel) I had as you sugest to do, and everything looks great. no lines or white spot.
My question is, My panel is a 17″ LG Philips LCD LP171WX2 (A4) (K1), 1440X900, I am having trouble finding a panel like this but there are many that are LP171WX2 but have a higher resolution. Will the higher resolution work on my computer? My external panel is much phigher resolution than my laptop and it works with no problem, so I take it from that that my video card should have no problem handeling the higher res. Or am I missing something?
Greatly would appreciate your input.
Thanks Serge
March 8th, 2010 at 4:33 am
Thanks for the great guide! I’ve started having an issue where half the screen was flicking (Dual lamp Inverter model I’m guessing). Now its just not lighting up at all. I pulled it all apart, gave it a few nudges here and there and it worked again! Problem is I have to do this all the time now. I tried nudging all the cables while its running and can’t get it to flicker so I’m thinking its the lid switch going awry, can you tell me where it is so I can have a look at that, I can’t find it!
Thanks heaps again!
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Dustin,
It’s possible that the cable is damaged.
HP Pavilion dv9000 notebooks are known for a problem with the left hinge, that’s where the cable is running.
Take a look at this guide:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/how-to-replace-broken-left-hinge-in-hp-pavilion-dv9000/
In a case like that, I would remove the screen bezel and keyboard cover. After that turn on the laptop and try moving the cable while the laptop is still running. If moving the cable affects video on the screen, it’s likely the cable is damaged and has to be replaced.
Proceed at your own risk. This is not for beginners.
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:30 pm
I’m having a weird problem that I’m not positive how to fix. I can’t find someone that has dealt with the same problem specifically. I have a DV9000 and when I move the monitor back the screen goes black, move it forward and it comes on again. It seems to only like certain positions, really favoring the “closed” end of things. Best I can figure is that it is a pinched display cable but i’m not positive. If this is the problem i’m really not sure of the part number I need to order. 432962-001 seems like the right one but I don’t really want to pay 80 bucks for the wrong part. Can you help me out?
Thanks!
February 28th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
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February 18th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
ShayleeKoren,
You cannot do that.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
I have this same laptop (HP dv9000 series) . The gpu just fried cause the laptop kept over heating really bad. I wanna know if i can use the lcd from this laptop and find away to use it as an lcd for my psp. what i wanna do is build the lcd and psp into the headboards for my daughters bed, and hard wire a ps2 (which i know how to do that at least) controller, this way my two girls can watch anymovie they want and play any game they want with out fighting over the tv or game systems. i think its a pretty good idea, and i will prolly have to find away to connect the laptop lcd screen to an external power supply, cause i am sure that the psp wont handle the requirements powerwise of the new lcd but it should be able to handle the bigger screen since it is able to be played through the computer with certain software mods and through the tv with other connections. but the goal for me is to rebuild the whole system bigger and better into the headboards of my childrens beds, well footboards anyway. this is my idea and i hope it doesnt get stolen and my name is Crystal Stophlet and the date is 2-17-10.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Matt Bondy,
You’ll have to test your laptop with video on the external monitor.
Connect the monitor and set the laptop to display video externally. Do you get same distortion on the external monitor when you move the laptop lid/screen?
February 8th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
I have an HP dv9000 series laptop. It is functional but lately I have noticed a slight distortion when I change the angle of the lid/screen. Is this indicative of a specific problem?
Thanks,
– Matthew Bondy