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In the following guide I explain how you can remove and replace keyboard, memory and hard drive in a Compaq Presario 2580US laptop. The keyboard replacement procedure is relatively simple and you can easily do it yourself at home. Proceed on your own risk!
Compaq Presario 2580US is similar to many other HP/Compaq models. The disassembly procedure should be the same (or almost the same) for the following laptop series:
1. Compaq Presario 1100, 2100, 2500
2. Compaq Evo Notebook N1010v, N1050v
3. HP Compaq nx9000, nx9005, nx9008, nx9010
4. HP Pavilion ze4100, ze4200, ze4300, ze4400, ze4500, ze4600, ze4700, ze5200, ze5300, ze5400, ze5500, ze5600
First of all, turn off the laptop, unplug the power adapter and remove the battery.
STEP 1. Remove two screws securing the keyboard/hinge cover.
STEP 2. Start removing the hinge cover with a flathead screwdriver as it shown on the picture below.
STEP 3. Continue removing the cover with your fingers. Be careful, there is a power button board attached to the cover which is connected to the system board.
STEP 4. Place the hinge cover as it shown on the picture below. As you see, there are a couple of wires running from the cover to the system board.
Remove four screws securing the keyboard.
STEP 5. Carefully lift up the keyboard.
STEP 6. Place the keyboard so you can access the flat ribbon cable connecting it to the system board. Before you can unplug the keyboard, you’ll have to unlock the connector.
STEP 7. Unlock the connector by lifting up the white tab using your fingernails. The white tab has to stay attached to the connector. Lift it up about 1-2 millimeters.
Now you can release the keyboard cable.
STEP 8. Remove and replace the keyboard with a new one.
You can find a new replacement keyboard by the Compaq spare part number located on the back side of the keyboard. In my case the keyboard part number is 317443-001. For your laptop the part number could be different.
Here are some other components you can replace in your Presario 2580US yourself.
1. Both memory slots/modules could be accessed from the bottom of the laptop.
2. The wireless card could be accessed from the bottom.
3. The hard drive could be accessed from the bottom.
In order to remove the hard drive you’ll have to remove three screws. One of the screws is hidden under the rubber seal (yellow square). Remove the rubber seal with a sharp object and remove the screw.
Pull the hard drive assembly from the laptop.
Now remove two screws on each side of the caddy and replace the hard drive with a new IDE drive.
NOTE: your hard drive has a small jumper connecting two pins. I believe this jumper sets the hard drive to “Cable Select” mode. It’s likely that you have to transfer the jumper to a new hard drive in order to get it recognized by the laptop.
April 27th, 2012 at 10:48 am
Thanks for the site! Helped me out in a pinch.
October 24th, 2011 at 7:26 am
@ SUKANTA MANDAL,
You’ll find laptop disassembly instructions in the official maintenance guide for Compaq Presario CQ42 laptops.
Most likely this is battery problem. Try replacing it.
October 21st, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Will you help me how to disassemble COMPAQ PRESARIO CQ42 that I own? I’m finding some problems with its battery. I bought it almost one year back.But recently what I notice regularly is that
I can’t run it without charge for not more than 15 minutes.So gradually I have to connect my laptop with the charger as long as I wish to continue running it.This is same with my friend who also has a Compaq laptop.Is this a battery problem or something else?Please do help me as well as to my friend . Thanks!
April 8th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Katie,
Someone set it up for you as a joke?
Here’s what you can do:
1. Remove hard drive and install it into the external USB enclosure.
2. Connect to another working PC or laptop and backup data.
3. Install the hard drive back into the laptop and reinstall OS.
Take a look at this guide: http://www.insidemylaptop.com/recover-files-from-broken-laptop/
April 3rd, 2011 at 5:33 pm
Can anyone advise why I could use my Presario 2500 DM758A, last night with no problem, but yet this morning I now have a password on the user account. I never before needed a password to acess my user account. What happened? I went into the F2 setup, and it says the user account and the administrator account both need passwords. Even though I reset the password in the Bios, it still doesn’t allow me to get into the user account.
Could anyone advise what to do? It is driving me crazy.
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Jebreal,
Could be memory problem? Do you have two memory modules installed? Try removing them one by one. It’s unlikely that both memory modules failed at the same time. When the bad module is removed the laptop should start.
If it’s not memory, try starting the laptop without hard drive installed. Is is freezing when the HDD is removed?
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:31 am
Am trying to repair a Compaq nx6 110 laptop, but it hangs immediately the hp logo appears at start up.
January 24th, 2010 at 7:33 am
My sister gave me her old Compaq Presario 2500. I think I know why. the 7, H,K &Y keys do not work, so I use an external keyboard, all is fine and working with the external. And, the battery will not take a charge. So, I figure my options are, get a battery and forget fixing the keyboard as it seems these compaq’s have keyboard problems if they are of a certain age. Yes, I know I can pick up a Dell for under 500 bucks, but why. I am a senior and on a fixed income. Here is another question. She had it upgraded from XP to Vista and I was told it was a nono. I have only 448 ram and the teckie said I need one gig to run vista. Should I go back to XP as it was working fine before. I do not know if I can change the ram cards and upgrade to one gig. There comes a time when the cost is not worth it. Battery, or Ram upgrade, or bite the bullet and get that new Dell. All I use the lap for is email and word, no games, no video, just email pictures of the grand kids to relatives.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I have a Compaq Presario V5207NR last year I had my light replace and it has gone up again is there some else wrong. I spent over a 120.00 to have it replace and it only work for a year. Should I take it some where else or try some myself. Any suggestions?
October 28th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Oh yes, seven years! You are right. It’s time to get a new one. I know. Anyway, thank you very much for replying. I wasn’t trolling. Honestly.