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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 28th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Sir
I have Hp Dv6000 Laptop .
Its lcd screen is most of the time showing black..
however some times for few second I got its LCD normal.
What was the problem and how it will rectify.
It is out of warrenty.
Thanks
Amit Kumar
April 27th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Hello All,
I have been having a problem charging my laptop for about four months. It started with the AC cord breaking, so i went to the local radioshack and purchased a replacement connecter and soldered it to the old adapter. About a month after i started using this radioshack connecter it would not charge unless i had the connecter positioned in a center way. Now the charging pin has broken out of the power connector, but i can still get it to charge. I have read on the internet that my problem is probably just that the power connector is loose and i need to solder it back to the motherboard. Can anyone tell me if that is the correct thing to do or should i try something else first? I can lift the bezel enough to see the power connecter…
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:43 am
Hi. I need help. My HP dv6000′s Cd/DVD Drive has stopped working. I don’t know what to do. A computer guy I know said that if i wiggle the drive connection it would probably work. but I don’t know how to get to that.
April 23rd, 2009 at 4:16 am
I am a technician and have a hp Dv6000 which upon start up gives one long beep and two short beeps and nothing shows up on the screen. For sure that seems to be memory error. My modules are PC2 class 5300. I tried resitting the modules nothing worked. I decided to use PC2 class 4200 and the laptop started up OK. I used the laptop for one day then it went back to same problem. I doubt whether it is the memory bank, nor motherboard. Could it be BIOS problem or can someone help me
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Hello, I have an HP Dv6636nr, I seem to be having a problem with the DVD drive. I use certain programs to back up my dvd’s and they were working fine up until about a week ago. Suddenly the programs would freeze and the DVD drive would stop working. I went to best buy and the Geek squad guy ran their diagnostic tool that told me I had a couple of lovely Trojan viruses, My Trend Micro Antivirus software was unable to even find them so i resorted to doing a destructive reboot. Everything seemed to be working fine until I tried to start backing up my dvds again. Now my drive wasn’t even showing up, After refreshing my Device Manager several times it would reappear, but would stop working halfway through the backup. Also, when the drive is working it is extremely loud and I can feel it vibrating. I think the drive may be loose, how can I fix this?
April 21st, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Alex,
You’ll find step-by-step motherboard removal instructions in the service manual for HP Pavilion dv6000 (it’s a 3.3MB pdf file).
Yep, you’ll have to transfer some parts.
If you are replacing one motherboard with another compatible one, you don’t have to reinstall software. The new motherboard should work with the old load.
But I would suggest backing up files as a precaution if something goes wrong.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:56 am
cruiser,
I already replied to you in a different thread but here it goes again.
Test the laptop with each memory module separately. If it works fine with one module and fails with the second one, the second module is bad.
If the laptop fails same way (beep error) with each module installed separately, most likely your problem is related to the motherboard.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:49 am
Matt,
I believe the power button is located on a separate board, isn’t it? I guess you’ll have to replace the power button board.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:41 am
Nevin,
You have two memory modules installed, right? Try removing them one by one and test the laptop with each one separately. If you getting same beep error message with both modules installed separately, most likely it’s related to the motherboard. I doubt that both memory modules can fail at the same time and at least one of them has to be good.
Did you read this post about free repair for some HP laptops?
April 21st, 2009 at 8:11 am
I am pretty sure that I need to replace the motherboard, however, I’m a little confused as to how. Please list the items that I need to remove in order to replace it. Also, is it safe to assume that everything I remove from the old motherboard should be installed into the new one?
And lastly if I am replacing the motherboard with the exact replacement, should I back up anything or create a boot disk, etc.?