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In this guide I’ll be removing and replacing the LCD screen and removing the inverter board from a HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop.
As you see on the picture above I’m fixing a HP Pavilion dv6000 series laptop with a bad LCD screen. The lower part of the screen displays garbled image and the upper part works just fine. An external monitor displays image properly. So it’s bad screen and it has to be replaced.
By the way, you’ll find another disassembly guide for the same laptop in my previous post.
STEP 1.
There are six rubber screw covers on the LCD screen bezel. You’ll have to remove all covers.
You can remove covers with a sharp object.
STEP 2.
Remove six screws found under the rubber covers.
STEP 3.
Insert fingers between the screen bezel and display cover and start separating them.
Continue removing the bezel. Be careful, the bezel made of fragile plastic.
The screen bezel has been removed.
STEP 4.
Now you can get an access to the screen inverter which is mounted below the screen.
Remove one screw securing the inverter board. Disconnect cables on both sides of the inverter board.
The inverter board has been removed.
STEP 5.
Remove two screws securing each display hinge/bracket.
STEP 6.
Now you can get an access to the back side of the LCD screen. Remove clear tape covering the connector and disconnect the screen cable from the LCD screen. Simply unplug the cable from the connector.
STEP 7.
Remove two screws from each side of the screen. These screws securing the display hinges/brackets to the screen.
STEP 8.
Now you can remove the defective LCD screen and replace it with a new one. You can find a new LCD screen for HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop here for less than $80.
The LCD screen has been removed.
The following part numbers for HP Pavilion dv6000 series laptops could be helpful to you. I found them in the official maintenance and service guide.
15.4-inch, WXGA, SVA display panel with BrightView (Glossy) 431386-001
15.4-inch, WXGA, SVA display panel AntiGlare (Matte) 431387-001
LCD screen inverter 431391-001
UPDATE: In one of the next guides I explain how to completely disassemble HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600, dv6700, dv6800 notebooks. It should be similar for HP Pavilion dv6000.
If your laptop has no video at all, it could be the video chip failure. Take a look at this video tutorial explaining how to fix failed video chip.
January 23rd, 2012 at 12:54 pm
@ Moalin,
You cannot do that.
January 22nd, 2012 at 7:55 am
Hi Tech,
My laptop gone bad, of course dv600 but I think the LCD is good, I dissembled, and now I have beautiful LCD 15.6″ inch. could I use a normal separated screen like the one with the desktop computers…. I mean there are two cables from the screen one was for power and the other was data…so, is there any meaning I could do that. thanks in advance
November 14th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
@ Manuel Miranda,
When I’m trying to get a service manual for HP Pavilion dv6660ep notebook it points me to HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600, and dv6700 Entertainment PCs Maintenance and Service Guide.
The inverter part number is mentioned on the page 49 and it is: 431391-001
The best way to find a new inverter is searching by the part number. This way you’ll get a compatible one.
November 14th, 2011 at 11:21 am
Hello. I need a LCD inverter for my HP dv6660ep, but i don’t know if it is considered a dv6000 series.
November 10th, 2011 at 12:05 am
@ Laptop Tech,
Thank you for your help and direction. I think I’ll give one of the two methods you mentioned a try. (probably over the weekend). I will get back to you with hopefully my success story. Thanks again. Your advice is very much appreciated.
November 9th, 2011 at 12:39 am
I used this tutorial to replace the ribbon and harness that is all one piece. It did the job. If the notebook still works in a week or so i will donate thru paypal, well worth a donation!!!
thanks
October 26th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
@ Phoenix,
Most likely it’s one of the following:
1. Bad connection between the video cable and LCD screen. Try reseating the cable.
2. Defective LCD screen.
October 26th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
I replace my screen on my Dv6000. Now when I turn the laptop on the screen flickers till I move the screen and I can irritate it by flexing the screen or tilting it it shows. I can see the display fine if I put something on the top left corner on the screen once I remove it the screen flickers and freezes up.
October 26th, 2011 at 7:34 am
@ Any Advice,
This sounds like GPU (graphics chip) failure. HP Pavilion dv6000 series notebooks are known for this problem.
Probably you cannot get external video because of that.
If you have nothing to lose, you can try this fix: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2011/02/23/fix-laptop-motherboard-with-failed-nvidia-graphics-chip/
Also, check out this method: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2010/10/06/fix-video-problem-hp-laptops/
Read comments 122 and 123. Maybe calling HP will work for you too. Good luck!
October 26th, 2011 at 3:07 am
Any advice you could offer would be appreciated. My Pavilion dv6100 CTO notebook started getting a very low resolution look to it. Graphics look pixelated with red, blue and green fine lines running through them (looks almost like colored pen lines). There’re also very fine vertical lines that run across the entire screen.
I also get flickering, and dimming screen but it gets temporarily better when I open the screen lid a few times. I’ve had that for some time now.
The biggest problem is that I can’t get it to show on an external monitor to see if the poor resolution continues. I tried on two different monitors. My Windows “properties” shows the display brand and model when I hook it up but the monitor reads “no signal”.
Any ideas on where I should start? I know, I should probably just try to get a new laptop.
Thank you in advance…