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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 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.
March 30th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
My HP screen flicked with white lines but when i change the angle of the screen it went away. It has been over 8 months now and the problem is getting worse. Now I have to push the scree all the way to the back so it won’t flicker. Now at a comfortable 90 degree angle my whole scree flickers white. Will the replacement of LCD scree work in this case?
March 30th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Donna,
It’s hard to tell.
If the laptop works fine with an external monitor, most likely the graphics card works properly.
Take a very close look at the laptop screen. Does it show any dim image? Look very closely under bright light, the image could be very dark.
If the image is there, most likely you have a failed backlight lamp. It means you’ll have to replace the screen.
This is my best guess without seeing the laptop.
March 29th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
My hp dv6000 screen is black. First it had lines and flickered, then it went black. Displays on external monitor. Replaced the inverter board and video cable. My screen doesn.t come on not just dark. Do I need to replace the screen?
March 28th, 2011 at 10:36 am
Darrelle,
It shouldn’t be a problem. The webcam is a separate module. You’ll have to disassemble the co-worker’s display panel, remove the LCD screen and install it into the customer’s laptop.
Just make sure the co-worker’s LCD screen is similar to your customer’s LCD screen. Hopefully both screens have same resolution.
March 28th, 2011 at 10:31 am
Hi, I’ve got a customer with an hp dv6000 series (can’t remember exactly what model) whose screen is going bad (lines across screen, etc.) I’ve got a co-worker whose hp laptop of the same series died (mainboard went bad) and is selling off her parts. I wanted to buy her screen and change out my customer’s own, but i noticed that she has no webcam and my customer’s unit does. Would this be a problem? What is the best course of action?
March 10th, 2011 at 11:57 pm
Mus,
If the screen is broken, it cannot be fixed. The whole LCD screen has to be replaced.
Any local laptop repair shop can do this.