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In this guide I explain how to take apart a HP Pavilion dv6000 series laptop. I’ll be removing memory, hard drive, wireless card, CD/DVD optical drive and keyboard. Please use this guide at your own risk and only if your laptop is out of warranty.
In the next post I’ll be removing the LCD screen and inverter board.
STEP 1.
Turn off the laptop, unplug the AC/DC power adapt and remove the battery.
Remove screws from the memory and hard drive covers. Remove both covers.
STEP 2.
Lift up the right side of the hard drive and disconnect it from the motherboard. Remove the hard drive.
STEP 3.
Remove one screw securing the CD/DVD optical drive. Pull the drive to the left and remove it from the laptop.
STEP 4.
In order to remove the memory module, spread latches on both sides from the memory module. The memory card will pop up at a 20-30 degree angle. Carefully pull the memory module from the slot by the edges. Remove both modules.
There are two wires connected to the wireless card (Wi-Fi card). These wires are antennas. In order to disconnect the antenna cable from the card, grab the gold connector with our finger tips and unsnap it from the card.
Remove two screws securing the wireless card. Pull the wireless card from the slot.
STEP 5.
Now I’m going to remove the keyboard.
Remove three screws securing the keyboard bezel, I marked them with red circles.
Remove three screws securing the keyboard, I marked them with green circles.
By the way, if you are replacing the keyboard, you don’t have to remove memory, CD/DVD drive and wireless card. Simply go from the step 1 directly to the step 5.
STEP 6.
Turn the laptop over and start lifting up the bezel. Be careful, do not lift it up to far because there are wires connected to the bezel. You can see these wires on the last picture.
STEP 7.
After you release the bezel, you’ll be able to lift up the keyboard as it shown on the picture below. Leave the bezel attached to the laptop.
STEP 8.
The keyboard is connected to the motherboard via a flat ribbon cable. Before you pull the cable you have to unlock the connector.
STEP 9.
Here’s how to unlock the keyboard connector on the motherboard.
Very carefully move the connector locking tab to the direction shown by two red arrows using your finger nails. Move it abut 2 millimeters, not more. The tab must stay attached to the connector. All you have to do is release the cable.
WARNING! If you destroy the connector, the internal keyboard will not function anymore. You’ll have to either use the laptop with an external keyboard or replace the motherboard. The keyboard connector is permanently soldered to the motherboard.
After the cable has been released, you can pull it from the connector and remove the keyboard. Replace the keyboard with a new one if needed.
Here you can find new replacement parts for your HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop.
On the picture above you can see how the keyboard bezel is attached to the laptop. Be careful when you lifting up the bezel, you can accidentally disconnect the cables.
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 too.
February 1st, 2012 at 4:16 pm
@ Syndi,
I have published dv6000 display disassembly guide here:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/remove-replace-lcd-screen-inverter-hp-pavilion-dv6000-laptop/
You can access the webcam module if you remove the screen bezel as it shown in the step 3.
The problem sounds like a hardware related issue but unfortunately I cannot tell if you have bad web camera module or failed cable.
You should try reseating the web cam cable connector first.
January 29th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
I have a dv6000 which has a webcam however, it does not show up in device manager. I have tried installing drivers which does not work because the webcam cannot be located. HP states it is a hardware issue but would like to know how I can remove the lid (without damage) to check on connection or replacing cam.
January 23rd, 2012 at 11:47 am
@ Donna,
I don’t have a close up diagram but maybe I can explain.
The touchpad cable has four silver traces on it. When you install the touchpad cable these traces should be facing you (not the motherboard). Basically, you push the cable back into the connector with traces looking up.
By the way, here’s complete laptop disassembly guide:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/disassemble-hp-pavilion-dv6500-dv6600-dv6700-dv6800-notebooks/
It’s hard to tell what’s going on. Could be failing drive or Windows OS related problem.
Here’s something to try. Do you still have Windows OS installation disc? Try booting laptop from this disc. Can you boot?
If the drive spins but will not boot, probably it’s bad drive.
If the laptop can boot from a CD but the drive will not appear in Windows, probably this is Windows OS related issue. Try reinstalling OS again.
January 20th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
I have a few problems with my hp pavillion dv 6919ca.. one since I had to replace my power jack now my touch pad doesn’t work.. I am thinking I put wires in wrong backwards what ever do you have a diagram on what way the wiring should go? yes i know I should have taken notice but I totally forgot when I went to put it all back together..
problem #2.. my device manager doesnt recognize my cdrom drive.. it shows up in bios under boot options but i did the remove upper and lower filter things from registry to no avail when I put a cd in it you can hear it run but it doesnt go anywhere.. I am running windows 7 and its been since I installed that OS i have been having problems.. any help would be appreciated. ty
January 17th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
@ uriah afoakwa,
How it’s not working?
Can you see the webcam in the device manager?
January 17th, 2012 at 6:37 am
Please my uncle sent me hp dv6000 laptop and the webcam is not working,it’s thart the webcam needs some drivers.Thank you
January 16th, 2012 at 7:04 am
I needed to replace my HP Pavillion DV6700′s keyboard and your instructions helped me accomplish it in under 15 minutes. Thank you!
December 29th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
@ Happy,
If the blur ring is on all the time I assume the AC adapter works properly.
Probably it’s one of those laptops with well known NVIDIA chip failure.
HP had a special program for replacing failed motherboards at no charge but I believe now this program is over.
If you have nothing to lose, you can try fixing it yourself. Here’s heat gun repair trick:
http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2011/02/23/fix-laptop-motherboard-with-failed-nvidia-graphics-chip/
Probably it contributed to laptop overheating and NVIDIA chip failure.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Good evening
1.I have have this laptop (DV6000) when i push the start button it fires for less then a second and turns off. whether the battery is in or its plugged into the wall (blue ring is lite) when it plugged in.
After doing this a few times I can see that the fan starts to turn before it powers down.
With this description what would you say is the problem?
2. I have completely disassembled the computer and found a good amount of lint in the fan and removed it. it was not as much as in that video but it was a good amount, would this stop it from booting?
all this and it seems the same as all the other described problems yet none of the videos show exactly the same problem I’m having where it powers on/off but wont boot.
I really want to check everything before I reassemble.
December 14th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
@ Jake,
I’ll be referring this guide:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/disassemble-hp-pavilion-dv6500-dv6600-dv6700-dv6800-notebooks/
1. Take a look at the step 10. The speaker cable connected under the yellow arrow. Maybe this cable is disconnected?
2. Also, it’s possible you forgot to plug in the audio board shown in the step 22.