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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.
October 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am
I have a Pavilion dv6000 with Display Issues. The other day i turned on the laptop and the
lower part of the screen displays garbled colors and the upper part works just fine. hooked up a external monitor and it works just fine. Now today i turned it back on all seemed fine for about 5 mins it went back to lower part of the screen displaying garbled colors again.
So i would think the LCD display is going or can it just be the inverter board.?
Some help here would be great.
So if it’s the LCD Display, I took a look on ebay and found a bunch of guys selling replacements. But my problem is all these sellers are in the USA, i’m in Canada and shipping to me in Canada is a lot of money. Can some one give a site in Canada that sells replacements at a cheap price. It can be refurbished does not have to be new.
Thanks
D.Gallant
October 13th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Hello,
My laptop just began showing a pink-ish hue where almost everywhere a dark color would normally show. (ie when the computer turns on, normally a black screen with Windows symbol appears, now has a pink background) Font and most screen headings I can read perfectly, but videos and pictures are scrambled. Can I replace the LCD screen using the above instructions or is their a simpler way of fixing this? I’m quite certain the computer fell and simply busted something affecting the color on the LCD screen, because when connected to an external video display, everything appears perfectly. Is there any way to fix this problem without buying a new laptop or spending even more on a professional repair? Thank you very much for your help.
Kevin
October 12th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I have a HP Pavilion dv6000 that I am working on for a friend. I checked the Laptop out and found a cracked screen and it was still lighting up and working but had several large cracks in the screen. So I ordered a new screen and I installed the new screen and the screen does not light up now and you can just barley make out what is on the screen, so does this mean that I need to also replace the inverter board too, also the old screen does not light up when I plug it back in. Thanks.
October 12th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
billy,
A very thin vertical line running from top to bottom though the entire screen?
Sounds like the screen problem. There is not much you can do to fix it. You’ll have to replace the screen or use the laptop as is.
October 12th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
i have a dv6000 laptop and a green vertical line appears on the monitor. if the screen is slightly tapped/moved the line sometimes disappears. what could be the problem?
October 11th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Hi I have a problem with my dv6000. I get the black screen after installing a new lcd but everything is still working on the external monitor. I could see a very faint image of my windows. Is this a problem with my lcd? what is causing this???????
October 10th, 2009 at 10:56 am
I have a DV6000 whose screen looks like it is displaying a 4 bit color resolution. If I plug in the VGA on the side, the secondary monitor shows up perfectly fine.
I have uninstalled and then reinstalled the latest nVidia drivers, etc… so I am certain it is not that. I opened it up per your instructions (great explanations!) and reconnected all the wires to be sure nothing was loose. No luck.
Would this be due to an inverter or screen or both… or something entirely different?
Thanks!
October 7th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Tran,
Are you sure that your problem is related to the inverter board. A redding screen might indicate a problem with the backlight lamp inside the screen.
If you replace the inverter board but the screen still has a red glow, most likely the backlight lamp is failing.
October 6th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
So I just installed me inverter into my laptop but when it turns on, it has a red glow to it. Is there any way to fix this? Because this is what my screen looked like before the inverter got messed up…
September 29th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Hi, has been me given as a present a Hp Dv 6000 it has the destroyed screen . I would want to use him/it connecting an external monitor however. When I turn on him/it all hard disk audio it works etc. but the screen is completely black. If I connect him with a cable VGA to an external (I feel Fn + 4) monitor it doesn’t give sign of life. From thing you can depend? I thank you for the answer.