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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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March 8th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Just for clarification it is the wire that can be seen in step 8. Apparently a 8 and a ) next to each other pulls up a cool guy.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:39 am
So I was wondering if you could help me out. I changed my touch pad in my dv6324us and was un plugging the connector that goes to the LCD screen and the connector broke. (gold wire can be seen in picture associated with step
Is there any way you could tell me the color order of the wires starting from the left? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
How will I know if the hard drive that I have in my notebook, is sata or ata?
March 5th, 2010 at 10:19 am
gowtham,
It’s very easy. The CMOS (RTC) battery is located in the memory compartment. You can see the CMOS battery in the step 4, it’s on the left side from the Wi-Fi card.
Simply disconnect the old CMOS battery from the motherboard and plug in a new one. That’s it.
March 5th, 2010 at 6:07 am
how to replace my cmos batt in hp 6226tx. ur page is superb with pictures. thanku for this
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Tom Martin,
You can use this DIY guide for HP Pavilion dv5000 series or follow instructions in the official service manual.
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:17 pm
how do i disasy my hp dv 5000?
Thanks…
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Oscar,
First of all I would test the AC adapter to make sure it outputs correct voltage. Maybe the voltage is wrong and it’s enough to light up the ring around the power socket, but not enough to power up the laptop or charge the battery.
What happens if you plug the AC adapter when the battery is removed?
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Bobby,
This shouldn’t be a problem. These cables are antennas for the wireless card. If in doubt, you can try connecting them like on my picture.
Probably same issue like with most dv2000, dv6000, dv9000 notebooks. HP knows about this problem. Read here:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/free-repair-hp-pavilion-compaq-presario-laptops-out-of-warranty/
Maybe you can get a free repair from HP.
March 1st, 2010 at 9:46 pm
First off, Thanks for the info!!
Two quick questions.
My wireless card stopped working like everybody else.
On your wireless card the Black wire is on the right and the Grey on the left. Mine is opposite, It has been in for repair once before for the same issue. could that be the prob?
Like a few others when I press the power button the all the lights that are supposed to come on will light up for a second and then turn off.
It worked fine sat night, then I went to turn it on today and nothing, Maybe like 1 out of 15 tries the HD will kick on but then turns right off.
Any Ideas??
Thanks