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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.
April 26th, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Hi,
I have a problem with my laptop. When I first turn on my laptop, the screen is normal but then It turns black (like in off mode but I still can see something on it, like loading indicator etc.). It looks like shadow. When I turn it off and on again, the same thing happens.
I don’t know what’s wrong with it? Is it the connection, the LCD, or what?
I need your help. Thank you.
April 25th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Hello
I’m wondering where can I buy the monitor spare part?
i dropped my computer and 1/10 of the monitor turns black and I found your article extremly helpful.
However, I don’t know where can I buy the spare part.
Thank you for your help.
April 19th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
bls,
Not the inverter problem, that’s for sure.
Most likely it’s one of the following:
1. Bad connection between the video cable and motherboard or LCD screen. I would try reconnecting the cable on both ends first.
2. Could be defective video cable. Try replacing the cable.
3. Finally, try replacing the LCD screen. This could be bad screen.
April 19th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
I believe my problem was already experiencied by user William too, so you already asked my question! Sorry for not read all the comments, but this pink really kills me too!
Thanks for the diy of removing the lcd screen.
April 18th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Hi.
My hpdv6000 lcd has strange colors. When the color should be white it turns pink, and when should be black it turns green, but its not full color, it displays the image correctly. This problem is even shows in the POST message, when booting up. Already connected the computer to an external monitor, and the colors works just fine. What you think it is? LCD, inverter or any cable.
Thank you.
April 10th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Chris,
This is not inverter related problem. That’s for sure.
Most likely this could be one of the following:
1. Bad connection between the video cable and motherboard or LCD screen. Try reconnecting the cable on both ends and test the laptop.
2. Could be bad/damaged video cable. That would explain why adjusting the position of the display fixed the problem temporarily. Try replacing the video cable and test the laptop.
3. Possible LCD screen failure. Replace the screen.
If the laptop works fine with the external monitor, most likely the video card/motherboard work properly.
April 9th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
I had vertical R,G,B bars start to appear on my screen, adjusting the screen angle initially made the lines go away/decrease in number.
A few months later my screen lovingly surprised me with horizontal white flickering lines. The entire picture seems to move up and down violently. This happens off 2s on 2s at a regular intervals. VGA output to another screen is flawless.
Any ideas on what to replace, panel, inverter, wires? Thanks in advance for any advice!
April 6th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
There seems to be a problem with the video card in many of these laptops. There is a class action lawsuit and everything. It has to do with the nVidia chip. See if your model is affected and maybe your problem will then be explained.
http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/pdfs/NVF_NOT.pdf
April 1st, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Laptop Tech, a million thanks. I have a HP Pavillion DV6500t and had a similar problem to what some of the other commenters are seeing. My screen flickered and the left portion of the screen was darker than the right, which sometimes was fixed by shifting the angle of the screen. I bought myself a $6 inverter off of Ebay, installed it and my screen is back to normal. It’s fantastic being able to see my screen again. Thanks again for posting!
March 31st, 2011 at 7:19 am
Ruwana,
I think you have one of the following:
1. Bad connection between the video cable and LCD screen. Try reconnecting the video cable on the back of the screen and test the laptop again.
2. It’s possible the video cable itself is defective. Try replacing the cable.