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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.
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February 8th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
Streets8r88,
It’s hard to tell which part is causing the problem. Could be bad RAM or bad hard drive.
Try removing memory (RAM) modules one by one and test the laptop with each memory module individually. If it starts fine with one module but not with the other, most likely the second memory module is bad.
If it fails with either memory module installed, most likely it’s not memory problem.
Test the hard drive. Search for the hard drive testing utility in the BIOS ( if you can access the BIOS menu).
February 8th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Hi,
I have an HP Pavilion DV6405US. After it went out of warrenty I had some issues with it and it crashed. Starts up to the Windows Vista Home Edition blue introduction screen and is not respondent to commands at all. And I’ve tried everything possible to reload windows with hp tech support and guides. I’m at the conclusion something internal is dead. I was curious if you had any recommendation on the part that would be the primary cause that needs to be replaced.
February 7th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
fawad,
Could be motherboard failure. Unfortunately, there is not much you can do. If the motherboard (or video chip) is bad, it has to be replaced.
Just in case, you can try removing memory modules one by one. Maybe one of the modules is bad and the laptop will not start properly because of that. Try it just in case.
February 5th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Hi,
I have this dv6807us model. THere is some problem with the VGA chip i guess. When I turn it on it the blue light starts but nothing comes on the screen, The fan makes a lot of noise and it becomes very hot. Some times it starts when it goes in sleep mode it don’t start again and then I have to shut it down and it never starts again. Please help.
January 31st, 2010 at 4:08 pm
My friend broke her dv6000 screen and I’m going to replace it for her. The laptop still functions for the most part, just limited visibility. How do I know which screen she has so I can replace it with the same screen (matte or glossy)? I tried searching around the control panel for it but couldn’t find it. Doubt she still has the manual. Thanks for the help.
January 25th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Vernon Middlebrook,
Why do you think that replacing the hard drive killed the motherboard?
Anyways, try removing memory modules one by one. If the laptop gives you the same beep error with only one module installed (either one), most likely you are correct – it’s the motherboard failure.
January 25th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
I have a HP Pavilion DV6000 and I have owned it for about 4 years. When I turn in the power it gives me the self check code of 3 beeps and 1 long. The screen will not light up but the hard drive is running. After checking on the HP site about the codes, I’m pretty sure it’s the motherboard cause I have replaced the hard drive. But I don’t wanna keep forking out money fro parts when I’m not sure. I’m I right about the beeps? Is it the motherboard?
January 22nd, 2010 at 8:50 am
Lisa,
Yes, it does disconnect the DVD drive from the motherboard.
Maybe your problem is software related? Can you boot the laptop from a bootable CD or DVD disc? Try booting from the recovery disc.
Check the BIOS settings and make sure the CD/DVD drive is the first device in the boot devices list.
Insert the bootable CD/DVD into the drive and restart the laptop. Will it boot from the disc?
If not, most likely the drive is bad and has to be replaced.
January 22nd, 2010 at 7:36 am
i got hp pavillion at best buy and they played a around with me untill my warennty ran out one time sit in there building for an hour and a half i kept telling them somethingand they said they couldent find what i was talking about all the test came out and when i found it MY self they took it and had it for two weeks and told me it was fixed and it was doing the same thing when i next worked on iot. was wrong with my lap top they said they sent it to hp three times one time they could not find any think wrong with when i got it back i have no wireless so it went back and they told me it was it was the ram now howw meny time do u know ram go out they had it for three weeks then and now the warinty is out they tell me that i need a new motherboard i am saying what the heck this went on for two years the first time i took it back was a week after i got it and told them something was wrong and i want another one . and the kicker to the story is after the werannty was out and the motherboard went out they told me the motherboard was on recall i am beside my self with hp and best buy
January 21st, 2010 at 5:15 pm
My dvd drive doesn’ work and doesn’t show up under my computer…so when you remove the one screw connecting the dvd drive, then remove the drive from the computer, does this disconnect the drive from the mother board?
January 21st, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Shari,
Do you have this problem with both CDs and DVDs?
Try booting from a bootable CD/DVD, you can use the recovery disc for this test.
If the laptop fails to boot from the bootable disc, it’s definitely not a software related problem. Apparently the drive itself is bad and has to be replaced.
Just in case, try reconnecting the drive to the motherboard. Remove it from the laptop and install back in. Maybe the connection between the drive and motherboard is bad and reconnecting the drive will fix it.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Thanks for posting these instructions. I was able to replace my LCD screen in about 15 minutes.
January 19th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
I am dealing with the same issue with my DV9000 (DV9816wm to be exact). When I put a disc in the drive it sounds like it’s reading it, but nothing happens. I go to My Computer and it shows the cd drive, but when I click on it I get “no application” error. I have tried unistalling and reinstalling, updating driver and the regedit, and it says it installs successfully, but nothing has helped so far. Help?!
January 19th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Hi!
I have an HP Pavillion dv6812 (dv6700 series) and both speakers and DVD drive don’t work anymore. They’re both recognized in the BIOS during startup but when it’s on, none of them appear in my system. My friend told me it may be a hardware issue. Can you guys enlighten me on this? I haven’t tried cleaning my laptop thoroughly, and I do hear a certain noise when it’s on. It’s becoming bothersome as it also has a hard time starting up. I would have to restart it a couple of times before it completely boots properly.
Any suggestion would be of great help. I don’t want to go back to HP, since it’s already out of warranty and I know that it’s gonna cost me BIG BUCKs just to have them fix it.
Thanks in advance!!!