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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.
December 8th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
John,
Try reducing LCD screen brightness for AC mode. Does the backlight stay on when AC adapter plugged with the reduced brightness?
December 7th, 2010 at 7:11 am
The backlight failed on my HP dv6910us (dv6700 family) and so I replaced the inverter board and powered it back up on the battery and the screen bcame back just fine. After about 20 minutes I plugged in the power adapter as the battery was running down and the inverter board failed instantly. I replaced the board a second time and again powered up the laptop on the battery and the screen was fine again. I powered it down and plugged in the power adapter and tried turning it on and the inverter immediately failed again. I can see that the computer is working fine by brightly illuminating the screen externally and can shut it down normally. Do you think the power adapter may be generating a spike which is causing the inverter to fail or might the backlight lamp be failing and need to be replaced? The backlight brightness looked normal when powered up on the battery and the brightness controls worked.
December 6th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Thank you very much for the thorough explanation of taking apart the screen – I looked and I didnt see the answer that I was looking for, here is the problem that I am having with my HP Pavillion dv6424 ca. I am having issues with the screen, I can still see the images on the screen but the lower left side of the screen flickers and is darker than the right side, specifically the upper right hand side – it is somehow related to the top and it gets worse / better with movement of the top. I had been able to “fix” it by tightening the screws on the bottom by the hinge but that doesnt seem to be fixing the problem any more, any thoughts?
November 30th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
The LCD arrived today and fixed the problem. Thank you!
November 29th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
I have dv6000 and a dv6700. The HD on the 6000 is toast, and the screen on the 6700 is white with faint groups of vertical color. I hooked the 6700 to an external monitor, and all works well.
I tried swapping the screens, but the screen from the 6000, when on the 6700, has 3 horizontal stripes – black at the top, medium grey, and light grey.
Are the monitors compatible? If so, is there something else I can check on the 6700?
Thanks!
Jon
November 29th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I broken my laptop screen, so i need to change it. but i don’t know what type of screen i need. i have a hp pavilion dv6 1245 dx laptop.i’m not sure what type of back light it has, ccfl or led.
thank you
November 29th, 2010 at 11:56 am
My screen is black with backlighting when the charger is plugged in. When it is running on battery power I get sporadic static lines horizontally across the screen with occasional vertical colored lines. External monitor works just fine.
Ideas?
November 29th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Greg,
Do not hurry.
Take a closer look at the laptop screen. Look very closely.
Can you see a very faint image?
If the laptop screen is completely blank (no image at all) AND black (no backlight at all), there is a chance of bad video cable. In this case replacing the screen will not fix it.
Also, maybe you should try reconnecting the cable on the back of the LCD screen too?
November 28th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
After disconnecting the video cable connector and connecting the laptop to an external monitor, it did work. Thanks for all the help. I’ll be ordering my LCD screen replacement.
November 28th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Greg,
First, take a look at the memory modules and try reconnecting them just in case. Maybe just loose memory.
If it doesn’t help, remove the keyboard cover and disconnect the video cable connector from the motherboard. After that test your laptop (while video cable disconnected) with the external monitor. Can you get image on the external monitor this way?
If there is no image on the external monitor, I don’t think that replacing the LCD screen will fix the problem.