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With this illustrated disassembly guide you’ll be able to take apart a HP Pavilion dv5000 laptop and remove the system board. The main reason for removing the system board is accessing and replacing the cooling fan witch is located on the bottom side of the system board.
Sequence showing an HP DV5000 Laptop being dismantled. The process is aimed at the rotten Sunon GC055515VH fan, which had become horribly noisy, rattling on its spindle.
There is no easy access to the cooling fan from the bottom of the HP Pavilion dv5000 series laptop, you’ll have to take the whole thing apart.
In the step 3 you’ll have to remove all screws from the bottom. I believe the author forgot to mention that in his description.
You can use this disassembly guide for removing and replacing DVD drive, keyboard, LCD assembly, system board and other major laptop components.
The cooling fan is a part of the heat sink assembly witch could be found here for less than $25.
Here are other spare parts for a HP Pavilion dv5000 series laptop.
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February 7th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
I could use a 22# sledge about now to finish this job.
February 7th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
HwaR,
Most likely you’ll be removing the heat sink and it means you’ll have to re-apply thermal grease on the CPU. Same way as you apply thermal grease in desktops.
February 6th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Hello, I have a couple questions. I’m planning to take apart my HP laptop so I can fix the fan problem. I’ve assembled a couple desktops before, but not laptops. I was wondering during reassembling process, I’d have to apply any kind of thermal paste.
December 9th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I followed the tutorial and the repair was successful. This was my first foray into laptop repair. I’ve a few screws leftover (oops), but all is well! Thanks!
August 30th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Sorry, been away. Tried that as well but the darn thing just will not budge. I even tried a pair of jeweler’s pliers on the edge of the drive case but that didn’t help. We decided to leave it alone until the drive totally dies, then will revisit.
Thanks again for the help.
August 28th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Bill,
I have an idea. Open the drive with a straightened paperclip. When you are pushing the drive from the back try pulling it by the tray at the same time.
August 28th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Yes, I agree, I’ve removed the screw and try pushing from the edge as indicated but it doesn’t move. It appears to be a no brainer.
I am wondering if it is simply that I am not pushing hard enough to separate the drive from the plug (it may be very snug). I thought of putting a flat blade screwdriver in there but was afraid it would break the plastic behind it. May try that tomorrow.
Thanks for the help & I’ll let you know how I do tomorrow.
Bill
August 28th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Bill,
Nope, I’m referring to screws 1 and 2 on the page 104.
I’m not sure why you are experiencing this problem. According to the service manual it should be very easy.
1. Remove one screw securing the drive.
2. Push the drive to disconnect it from the motherboard.
3. Pull the drive from the laptop.
I cannot tell you why your drive will not get out without looking at the laptop.
August 28th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Thanks for the really fast reply. I did as you instructed. Page 104 lists one screw which I removed. Still the drive will not budge. Are you referring to two screws on Page 105? If you are I’m not quite sure how to access them.
Bill
August 28th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Bill,
Download this maintenance and service guide for dv5000 notebooks.
Go to Removal and Replacement Procedure chapter and select Optical drive, it’s page 104. On this page you’ll see two screws securing the DVD drive.
August 28th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Your guide is terrific. Ran into one problem–we cannot remove the DVD drive. All screws are removed but it will not slide out. Are we missing something?
Thanks.
Bill
July 19th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Aymen,
I cannot tell what is wrong without looking at the laptop. Make sure all cables are plugged correctly.
July 15th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Hi there,
I tried the tutorial and everything was well until I removed the plastic covering on the motherboard, and now the laptop is dead (Not Starting at all) even if I plug the power cable…
What is wrong now?
Is the motherboard dead?
Please help………………