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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.
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September 14th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I have a HP DV6205us it has intel 945g on-board graphics. It looks fine on an external monitor. Has a pink hue to it on lcd with loss of contrast. Doesn’t seem to display green. Took keyboard and front speaker panel off to remove video cable and reassemble. I took it apart reassembled it hoping it was a loose cable, nothing still screwy. Disassembled. Waited a day moved it downstairs. Reassembled the display shows 4 different B&W identical in quarters of the screen. External display fine. Have I badly screwed something else up, the main cable that goes from the screen to the motherboard (under speaker panels)? Main display cable seems pretty well taped and shielded. Or is the screen deteriorating further started getting bad 3 days ago. Screen still is bright just loosing all the colors, and this quadrant thing now. Does anyone know the part number for the large cable that attaches to the mainboard, inverter, and screen. Just in case I have done something to it, new lcd is coming.
September 13th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Thankyou so much!!! WE almost threw away our dv6000 because BESTBUY guy said it would cost more then a new laptop to repair the LCD screen!! OMG!
Im ordering the screen and with your awesome instructions I can replace it! THANKYOU THANKYOU
Monica
September 12th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
product hp dv6000
issue lcd shows white solid color lights upon boot .
No issue with VGA signal on external monitor. Reseating video cable on both ends (lcd and systemBoard) to no avail. Then I plugged both lcd , inverter , and video cable to another working dv6000 and worked like a charm. If it’s video chip issue then I would have no signal on external monitor….right .Any idea? Thanks for your help
September 10th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
tsa,
You’ll have to take apart both display panels and take a closer look on the back of LCD screens. If both screens have the same type of the connector, most likely you can swap them.
I cannot tell for sure but you can try.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
HPLCD,
Can you still see a very faint image when the screen turns black? If yes, try replacing the inverter board first. You have a good chance to fix the problem.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:41 am
My HP DV6383 LCD is also flickering, but i can see from the background that windows is loading, i can also access the internet, however, slowly flickering is turning to black . i didnt try yet to connect to external monitor. PLEASE HELP.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:08 am
no, i just mean the inside screen. not the cover with bezel etc.
September 8th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
tsa,
Are you talking about the entire display panel?
You cannot do that. dv6000 and hp530 are two different models.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:03 am
very nice guides! i have an HP dv6187ea laptop and a hp530 laptop. i have noticed that the panel of cheaper hp 530 is much better than the dv6187s. i would like to ask if i can put the panel of hp530 int the dv 6187. i read the guides but im not sure what happens with the video cord plagged at the system on hp530. i noticed that there is no such thing in dv 6187. Am i wrong?
and if i cant do anything by changing panels how can i be sure that if i buy one new will be better?
thanks!
September 4th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Great website, invaluable info. Here’s my problem: my lcd has fuzzy horizontal lines that flicker in and out on the right side of the screen. Is this a cable problem? inverter or lcd?
Thanks for the help!
August 26th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Mary,
I believe in this model the magnet is attached to the internal side of the display cover. You’ll find it on the left side about 2 inches above the hinge.
It’s possible that your magnet is still inside the laptop, maybe it magnetized to the hinge? Did you check the old screen, maybe it magnetized to the metal frame?
I doubt that you can buy this magnet separately. I think it comes as a part of the display cover.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Maurice Maio,
It’s hard to tell because the same problem can be caused by a few different parts.
Most likely it’s either bad inverter board or backligght inside the LCD screen. Both parts have very similar failure symptoms. If you have to guess, try replacing the inverter first.
Less likely but possible it’s bad video cable or motherboard problem.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:20 am
LR,
It looks like you got a defective LCD screen. There is not much you can do. Replace the screen or use it as is.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Hi there…
I have replaced my broken display using your tutorial and now i have a vertical green line on the new one like into this link.:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9784/dsc01270t.jpg
Is anything i can do to fix this ? Thank you !
August 25th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I plugged the power supply and a few seconds later the screen went dark – you can see icons and use the computer in daylight and by hooking up an external monitor. I think it’s the “back light”???? Or ???? Can someone tell me what they think the problem is … the computer runs fine – just can’t see the screen very well … Thanks
August 24th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Hi I need to find where to get the magnet that shuts the screen off when you close the lid. Mine is gone. I changed my screen and it disappeared. I looked everywhere for it and I can’t locate it. How can I get another one? Does it have aspecial part name? Thanks.
August 19th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Hey,
I have a problem with my DV6000.
A month back, one of the wires from under the bezel came off (that connects to the screen), and my blank laptop screen was left hinging onto the laptop by one end (the other end came off) in a weird accident. Anyway, so I opened up my laptop and re-attatched the wire, and while my laptop still looked broken, I managed to get the screen to work again so it worked fine. for a month. Oh, and I could see if I hooked up a monitor to the laptop.
Today, however, I’m faced with a similar situation, except the laptop screen is very dim (but not black). The wire from under the bezel is still attatched. i may have pulled on the wire, but I am not sure this caused the problem. Again, if I hook it up to a monitor I can see.
Any suggestions on what to do to fix this?
August 18th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Lenny,
I don’t think so. The inverter is just a power supply for the backlight lamp, that’s it.
Your description sounds like you accidentally pulled one of the cables under the bezel.
Take a look at the last picture here, there are a few cables under the bezel.
But you didn’t remove the bezel… and I’m not sure what’s going on.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Yes the quick play keys above keyboard. No i did not pull lower bezel off. Followed your photos and had no issues. They worked before hand. There is a connector in and out of the inverter both are pluged in and ribbon on back of screen is in tight.
Does the inverter have something to do with these keys? I did not replace inverter, just screen. Screen works perfect. Now I have laptop with no sound.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Lenny,
Do you mean buttons on the cover above the keyboard?
Did you remove the keyboard cover while replacing the screen? It’s possible that you forgot to plug in the button board cable into the motherboard.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Help! I replaced the screen on my dv6000 series notebook, and now the blue touch sensitive buttons quit working. Screen works great. Any opinions?
August 18th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Will Thomas,
1. Try reconnecting the cable. Could be poor connection between the video cable and LCD/motherboard.
2. Try replacing the cable.
3. Could be faulty LCD.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Kurt S,
You can purchase new hinges for a HP Pavilion zv6000 here. The hinges can be replaced separately. You’ll have to disassemble the display panel, remove the LCD screen and replace both hinges.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
My HP Pavilion ZV6000 has a display hinge problem. The display won”t stay supported. I removed the display assembly and some small pieces fell out of the display lower housing, where the bracketed hinge would fit into. After reading a few hundred posts, I see nothing about hinge related problems. Can anyone advise if I can purchase hinge assemblies separate from the entire display? Getting tired of duct tape ! Thanks in advance.
August 17th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Hi there,
I have HP Pavilion DV9623cl and I am experiencing problems with my display. Every time I move the display, I get the funny shades of the display and/or fuzzy contrast. Well, after about 6 months of this, my screen now is either pinkish or blueish all the time depending on the position of the display. Can’t get it to the normal color. To make sure that my video card is OK, I hooked it up to my external LCD and it works fine on there. What can cause it , video cable, a weak connection ? Thank you
August 13th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Craig,
I think it could be bad connection between the video cable and inverter board. Open up the display cable and reconnect cables on both sides.
If reseating connectors doesn’t help, try replacing the video cable. Apparently the video cable is damaged.
Sounds like a cable problem.
August 12th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I have a problem with my dv6000. The screen flickers on and off or just dim/bright whenever I move it. I have to spend a good couple of minutes finding a position where it will actually work properly. I don’t have this problem with an external monitor. Is it the inverter, the display cable or the actual display?
August 6th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Will it affect my lap top if the new screen i get is glossy and the old one was not? my problem is, that i put the new screen in but can hardly see anything, its like 20% visiable got any clues?
July 31st, 2009 at 4:06 pm
i tried to install windows 7 on my hp dv6000 laptop computer which had vista ultimate.after 3 quarters of the instillation was completed the computer starts and restarts several times.the installation of windows 7 was not completed. now i have a black screen, no video.i attach an external monitor still no video.the computer keeps starting and restarting every few seconds.i took the battery out and press down on the power button for a minute.this does not solve the problem.do you have any solution?i downloaded windows 7 from the internet.
July 31st, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Hi
Very interesting site. Hope you can help.
HP zd7143ea Pavilion zd7000 Notebook 17inch screen.
Screen dies completely when power cable is disconnected. Any suggestions?
Thanks
DaveF