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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 14th, 2009 at 7:11 am
This is an awesome website! Thanks Laptop Tech!
My questions is about the LCD on my HP DV6000 laptop. There was a question on here about the Graphics being distorted on the LCD, that question is very similar to mine. I checked the system and everything seems ok. No video setting can change the distortion. The screen is bright and all the colors are there.
Here is what I did to troubleshoot the distorted image on the LCD.
1. Updated the driver
2. Used External monitor (graphics is perfect on external monitor)
Is there anymore troubleshooting I could do to make sure that it’s not the LCD? I’m hoping it’s the Video cable but I dont know how to make that it is.
Please if you have some information regarding my question, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
April 12th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Susan,
I don’t think that your problem is related to the LCD screen either. The web camera is located on a separate circuit board and is not connected to the LCD at all.
Sounds like you have some kind of connection related issue. In order to find out what is wrong, it’s necessary to remove the display bezel and at least try reseating the cable on the web camera board, maybe the between the cable and camera is loose. If it doesn’t help, it’s possible the camera cable is bad and has to be replaced.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Hi, I have an issue with my webcam. It does work, but only if I tilt my screen at a certain angle and that means when it’s almost shut. It seems that something is loose or I don’t know, but it’s frustrating, because I don’t know what I need to fix it. I hope you can help. I don’t think it has much to do with my actually screen though.
Thanks,
Susan
April 9th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
My LCD screen turned white after replacing it. I’m sure that the LCD cable isn’t connected very well. Can you tell me how it should be connected?
April 7th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
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April 3rd, 2009 at 9:36 am
Petro,
Are you looking for a dv6000 screen bezel? I found it here for $25.
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 am
Hi,
Can you get a replacement plastic bezel? I’ve got a crack in mine and was looking to get a replacement part but could not find anything after an hour of a google session…
April 1st, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Kevin,
I assume you purchased a compatible screen, right?
Yes, it does sound like you got a defective screen, apparently it has a bad backlight inside. The old screen is working, so there is nothing wrong with the laptop.
Nope, it should be plug-n-play. When you replace a broken screen with a new one, it should start working without any extra settings.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Thank you for answering my question of Mar 25th.
I bought a compatible screen from eBay. When I plug in the cable and another plug with two wires into inverter and turn it on, I can see the image now(without the slow reaction problem), but the baklight can not turn on, literally no back light at all.
I tried replacing with the old screen, the back light turns on immediately except for the broken image. Does this mean the new screen is a defect one? Or is there additional tweak I need to do to make the new one functional? Does HP use some technique to prevent user from replacing compatible screen?
Thanks
March 29th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Tim,
Thanks for the update. Looks like it’s the same solution I mentioned in the comment 64.
Updating or uninstalling the driver does the same job – reinstalls the device driver.