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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 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…
October 24th, 2011 at 7:13 am
@ raufuddin,
I’m not sure what Bluetooth audio device you are talking about but make sure it’s paired with the laptop.
October 21st, 2011 at 11:54 pm
Hi,any body help me.i have hp pavillion DV6500 notebook with XP.Bluetooth audio device is connected but not am hearing soung.i try so many times even change drivers.is’t posible bluetooth audio?
September 29th, 2011 at 1:38 am
Hi,
are all dv6000 lcd screens compatible? I own a dv6397ea and my display suddenly changed its color depth. It looks like 4 bit graphics and I can’t change it in the settings. External monitor works ok and the print screen also show the proper color depth. So I guess it’s the display and I am looking for a one to replace.
Thanks a lot
August 16th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Hello Laptop Tech. I was just checking with you because I posted a few weeks ago on August 1st (#391). I am completely cool with patiently waiting and checking for updates daily because I’m sure you are really busy and this isn’t your full time job. I just noticed you haven’t posted anything in a while and was hoping you were still updating. Again, I don’t mind and will continue to check for any of your replies on a daily basis. I completely respect the time that you have already put into this great resource. We are all lucky you are out there helping others to help themselves. Regards.
August 11th, 2011 at 11:54 am
My daughter stepped on my laptop cracking the display. I bought a new display and followed your guide and in 40 minutes it was up and working again. Fantastic guide. Thanks for taking the time to post it.
August 5th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
I may have already asked you this on another page. I have an HP dv6000 with a screen that was broken by a pet leaving a big black spot in the center of the screen. I bought s used complete top for the laptop including cover and screen. It was just disconnected from another HP dv6000 base. The one I purchased has a video camera and the broken one does not. I would like to know the easiest way to change the entire assembly with the lowest risk of me damaging my laptop. Also is it possible to add the video camera to my present laptop or better to just ignore it and change the top? Thanks.
August 1st, 2011 at 1:59 am
Could you help me with what appears to be a unique problem with my Pavilion dv6100 CTO notebook? Just recently my lcd has a very low resolution look to it. Pictures seem to look very pixelated with red, blue and green fine lines running through them (similar to fine ballpoint pen lines). In addition, there are very fine vertical lines that run across the entire screen.
The other problem involves the commonly reported flickering, and dimming screen which always gets temporarily better when I open the screen lid wide a few times. This has been a problem for me well over a year which I have put off attempting to repair.
I just recently tried my laptop on an external monitor to see if the poor resolution continues but for whatever reason, the external display adapter no longer works. I tried it on two different monitors. The PnP feature of Windows recognizes the display, model, and drivers but the monitor says there is no signal.
I was going to order a new lcd screen, inverter, and cable but do you think the poor resolution could be from a bad video component on the motherboard?
Thank you in advance for your time, expertise, and wonderful advice you put into your website.
May 12th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Mark,
It’s hard to tell without testing. Either one can cause this problem. Either inverter board not providing correct voltage or backlight going bad.
The only way to find out what is causing this, is testing the laptop with another inverter or backlight.
May 9th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
My laptop monitor is dim but not completely dark (cannot adjust brightness settings) most of the time (it does get completely dark, image still there, occasionally). In addition, some sections are dimmer than others (bottom left corner is dimmer than upper right). Occasionally, I will get normal display brightness that can be adjusted via Fn+F8; the monitor will either flicker and dim down or just abruptly dim down.
Would you say this is an inverter problem or backlight?