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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 1st, 2010 at 8:41 am
I have the dv6815 and a few days ago, out of nowhere, it won’t boot up. I hit the power buttons, and the led lights will turn on for a second, it beeps and it sounds like the harddrive is kicking on, but then it just turns off. Nothing is visible on the screen since it only stays on for about 1 sec.
When I plug in the power cord, the light ring around the laptop connection lights up so it looks like it is charging. But it doesn’s seem like the battery is charging at all. Normally you can feel the bottom of the laptop when its charging and it feels a little warm. But right now it doesnt feel warm at all and that’s why I think its not charging. What can this be? Is there a simple repair?
I live in Anaheim, CA. If anyone know how to fix this or a good place to take it into, please let me know.
February 27th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Edwin,
You’ll have to search for the replacement motherboard by the HP part number from the original failed motherboard.
Find SPS# part number which is XXXXXX-001. It’s located somewhere on the sticker in the memory compartment.
After that google the part number.
February 27th, 2010 at 9:10 am
Is there a compatible motherboard for the dv6000 series. I have one that seems to have all types of problems, wifi, sound, power, now it just won’t boot up. I just want to throw it out the widow at this point. HP did issued a free repair on this model, but didn’t notify it’s customer, which I would have consider just plain courtesy. Now that that program is over, they want to charge that same client to service/replace the motherboard, with the same type of motherboard. So that 6 months down the line, if not sooner, the same thing will happen.
Anyway, just had to get that out I guess. Is that a compatible or comparable motherboard for this series of laptops?
Thanks Edwin
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Juli Denning,
Please provide more details about the failure.
Can you see any LED lights on the front when the power supply plugged in?
Can you hear any noises when the laptop turned on?
Can you see anything on the screen? Will it change color when the laptop is turned on?
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:33 pm
I think the power supply cord is messed up to my laptop – HP Pavillion dv6000. Can I use a regular adapter as I use it at home on the kitchen table? I’m not sure if I should take the battery out or not. Besides that, I don’t know how to get the battery out. Currently, it only has a black screen and will not boot up.
February 21st, 2010 at 11:10 pm
gemesq,
Take a look at the following guide:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/disassemble-hp-pavilion-dv6500-dv6600-dv6700-dv6800-notebooks/
February 21st, 2010 at 8:01 pm
I have the hp dv6415. The power cord tip broke inside the port. How can I dissassemble the pc to get to the power board to remove broken tip and/or replace powerboard?
February 20th, 2010 at 1:43 am
i have this laptop and my audio and my cd/ dvd drive do not work any more. i have tried talking to hp. i have tried taking it it a computer repair. i have tried reformatting the harddrive. i have tried changing the cd/dvd drive but nothing seems to work. can you help me
February 18th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
yeah, I did check to see if the memory was seated properly. I did I larger disassembly after my last post and reassembled it to no avail. Im not sure what the problem is. TIme to start looking for a new laptop I guess.
February 18th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Derek83,
Not sure what’s going on. I cannot tell without looking at the laptop. Sounds like connection related problem. Did you check if memory is seated correctly?
February 18th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
I have had problems with my internal speakers and microphone not working on a dv6149us. After reading the various treads in this forum I replaced the 2 ribbons, LCD?? and the power button board ribbons, which resolved the speakers problem. This was diagnosed by applying pressure between the power button and QuickPlay buttons. Prior to changing the board ribbon cables, with remote assistance from Microsoft (1000% better than HP), the bios was flashed, updated and/or changed the UAA and driver, and all setting were checked. The external microphone jack does work. My question is.. Because the the intermittent connect with the power button board ribbon cable is it possible to have surged the power button thus rending only the internal microphone inoperative? The internal microphone does plug into the PBB or no? Any help that you can give me would definately be appreciated…..and thank you!
February 18th, 2010 at 7:58 am
The issue with the DV2000, DV6000, DV9000, and TX1000 laptops happens to be both your fan, video memory, and video card.
If you update your BIOS that will help with the overheating, and update your video card drivers directly from Nvidia for the GO6150 series.
If you do not update these files, you will need to have a BGA reflow service to fix your chipsets to restore your wireless and video.
Check http://www.doubleclickittofixit.com/dvseries.html for tips to fix them
February 16th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Today I cleaned out my fan and heatsink to do so I removered the Bezel on my DV 6660 SE upon reassembling it will not power up. when I press the power button the lights on the bezel will light up for a second and then turn off, the same will happen with the quickplay button on the bezel. I have tried resetting the various ribbons and have gone as far as removing the keyboard and making sure that they are seated properly on that end as well. I am out of ideas, please help!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
john,
I believe all HP Pavilion dv6000 laptops come with SATA hard drives.
You can see the difference here: http://www.laptopparts101.com/hard-drive/
By the way, the hard drive in your laptop has a connector which has to be removed before you install it into the enclosure. Simply pull the connector off the hard drive .
You’ll need an external USB enclosure for SATA hard drives. After that you remove the hard drive from your laptop and install it into the enclosure. Connect this enclosure to another working computer (laptop or desktop) and your drive will pop up in My Computer.
Access the drive and back up the data.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
i have a hp pavilion dv6000 i was wondering what kind of transfer cable would it use for example sata/ide to usb. as i want to transfer stuff on my harddrive to my other computer because my laptop motherboard has fried and i have important stuff i require from it please contact me soon with a anser anyone
February 9th, 2010 at 3:07 am
hello Good afternoon everybody i have hp laptop model no 6000. but one problem first distop ma change the passport but how do change passport all users please some help me?
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!!!