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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.
December 10th, 2008 at 11:02 am
i tried cleaning it with compressed air through the openings. if its still running hot, would it be better to just open it and clean it the dust that way and applying new thermal compound before i take it in for repair as a last resort?
also how easy is it to replace thermal compound?
do the bad fan and high core temps have any relation at all in your opinion?
if i get new thermal compound, technically it should run cooler, but if i still have a bad fan would the thermal paste change anything?
bad=still runs, just loud/off balance.
December 10th, 2008 at 8:38 am
nathan,
1. Take a look inside the heat sink. It’s possible that your heat sink is clogged with dust and the laptop is running hot because of that. You can clean the heat sink with compressed air.
2. Try replacing thermal compound.
December 10th, 2008 at 8:28 am
i’ve got the same problem as described in the article. I could probably take it apart myself, especially now with the help of the picassa album. But what about the thermal paste?
im running speedfan and it indicated both intel processors are running at or around 65-75C. all that is running is firefox and word. if nothing is running it will maybe drop to 60C. initial start up temps after a night off are at 35-40C in a cold room. the fan is running obviously since its loud as heck, but are my high temps partly due to the thermal paste wearing down?
December 9th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Jacques,
Is it completely dead? What happens when you plug in the AC adapter and press on the power button? Any activity (fan noise, video on the screen, etc…) at all?
December 9th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Hi, great instructions. My laptop won’t turn on, any thoughts? Where to begin. Took apart my laptop to learn a thing or two, but now I would like to know how to fix my problem. Thank you.
November 29th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
part of my headphone is stuck in the headphone jack
how can i remove it out of my laptop?
November 28th, 2008 at 1:19 am
melodos,
Yes, it’s possible. Just remove three screws, unplug the fan cable from the motherboard and replace the fan with a new one.
The question is where to find the fan?
I think you have two options here:
1. Buy a new heat sink assembly. Remove the fan and install it instead of defective one.
2. Find a new fan.
Take a look at this site. They have some fans for HP Pavilion dv5000/dv5100 laptops.
November 28th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Could i possibly replace just the sunon fan and not the whole heatsink? Do you know its dimensions or you could post a link of it here?
Cheers
November 26th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
What i’ve managed to find the whole heat sink assembly on ebay so far.
and this is the p/n: 407862-001
There must be a way to find just the small fan.. all i can find is the huge piece of junk
November 26th, 2008 at 11:48 am
melodos,
Take a look at the maintenance and service guide for HP Pavilion dv5100 series notebook. On the page 61 you’ll find part numbers for the fan/heat sink assembly.
Google the part number and you’ll find a replacement.