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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.
April 20th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
i have a hp Dv6000 upon start up it gives me one long beeb and two short beebs and nothing shows up on the screen. what does this mean is it the motherboard or something else? i have looked at all the posting that you have and have seen many people with the same problem but didnt see an answer on what it is. i have called hp and they said that iam out of warrenty they didnt give me a real answer except to buy a new one. so any dionostic help will be good and then i will take it apart and fix it my self.
thanks for the very good site.
April 20th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
My problem is that my powerOn button no longer functions properly. Where once i simply had to tap it I know have to apply significant downward pressure with a screwdriver for it to turn on. I took it apart and nothing seems to be broken. Any thoughts?
April 20th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Hi,
I have a dv6000 and I see the same issue faced by others..1 long beep followed by 2 short ones. Has anyone fixed this successfully..?..is it an issue with the system board..?..how much did you end up paying for the board and any pointers where you purchased the board would be appreciated..thanks in advance..
Nev
April 19th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Patrick,
I cannot tell if your problem is related to the liquid spill or not but if the laptop was working fine before and suddenly started doing reboots, that could be related to the memory modules. Try reseating both modules. Try removing them one by one and test the laptop with each one separately.
April 14th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I have a dv6227cl that just recently starting doing reboots before anything comes on the screen. The media card slot light stays on the whole time. The laptop just stays that way for about 5 – 10 seconds and reboots over and over again. I sent it in because of the wireless issue and it was returned to me stating that there was “liquid damage” to the keyboard, memory area, and they didn’t do anything to it except to somehow manage to take the “h” key off and lose the little supports under it. Is there anyone with a broken keyboard that would ship it to me if i paid the shipping? And does anyone have a clue as to being able to start up the laptop? I had the problem before, but that was with a cracked lcd that i replaced using this site. Thanks for your hard work!
April 14th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Thanks Laptoptech.
I printed a copy of manual before I started but was still unable to open it. Later I discovered the dv6000 has 2 GOLD BOLTS that require a 3/8 socket to unscrew. (I actually used the business end of a small allen wrench to loosen the bolts. Worked fine.) The Bolts are shown in the photo for step 4 (just to the left of the antennas that connect to the Wi-Fi card).
REMOVING THESE BOLTS IS NOT LISTED IN THE MANUAL and that’s why I had such a hard time.
Thanks for your help. Your site is one of reasons I had the courage to try to open my laptop. Now, I just hope I can put it back together!
THANKS
April 12th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Thank you.
You are truly the man…
Never opened a laptop before…
this is great.The dv6000′s are quite buggy.After my
laptop went under warranty for the vanishing wlan issue…Only six months later it has developed a
1 long beep 2 short beep problem (vga!).I am thinking of getting a dell or acer since hp’s are very unreliable…
April 12th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Manuel G,
I think you might have a problem with the laptop memory. You have two memory modules installed. Try removing them one by one and test the laptop with each memory modules separately. Does it make any difference?
April 12th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
di tregale,
Yes, you can fix this by replacing the keyboard.
April 12th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
DV6000Hell,
In the comment 18 I posted a link to the maintenance and service guide. You’ll find step-by-step disassembly instructions in there. Check out the manual.