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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.
May 17th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Beth,
I too need to replace my heatsink fan…
How did you get down to it?
Any advice?
May 14th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Sorry, I was talking about the wifi card.
May 14th, 2009 at 8:56 am
i got a vista that worked fine till a couple months ago but then turned off or something. THen i noticed a amber light by the internet switch can you tell what is wrong with it.
May 14th, 2009 at 3:46 am
Well, I fixed the fan on my computer. Wasn’t that bad, took about 3 hours to dissassemble and reassemble. I have 2 screws left over and the other fan had a crack in it. Fixed that and put it away in storage for a spare. I can say that the manual tells you to take apart more than you have to. All in all for my first time doing this it wasn’t so bad.
Now for the monitor on the other computer. Still need some ideas as to whether or not I should take it apart to check the connections or if I should just replace it. Any advice would be great.
Thanks.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I have two hp laptops. The dv6607nr which i need to replace to heat sink/cooling fan. After reading the manual, is it truly necessary to remove the display to replace the fan? And if any one has replaced the fan, how much time should I plan on? Also it appears that the instruction manual works for both of these models. Are there any other recommendations that you may have in the repair of these laptops.
The dv6500 which, after reading, I’m finding it to be a common problem with the display going blank. The display is getting to the point that it has to be a certain position for us to see anything. Doy you recommend that I order new parts for it before I take it apart, or take it apart and check the connections? Not looking forward to fixing that.
This will be my first time doing this any and all advice will be appreciated.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:47 am
The “release” switch for the external battery on my HP Pavillion laptop is stuck in the “release” position but the battery is stuck in place. It seems like this should be a simple thing to fix and yet… I asked HP if they could fix it and they quoted me over $300, and although I have a warrantee at Future Shop, where I bought it, they said it would taken 10 business days to ship my laptop to HP, have them fix it, and then ship it back.
It seems like there should be an easy way to solve this problem… is there?
May 6th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Thanks for your reply. While I have not yet fixed the problem, I have at least found the cause with helpful information I found on another site (http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=225809). As it turns out the problem is due to a sever crimp in the ribbon cable that connects to the power button as this cable is also connected to the internal speakers. Basically the OEM cable is poor quality as this failure is quite common withe the HP DV6000 laptop and with other similar models. So the fix is to replace with a new cable. The photos you provided shows the cable attached to the keyboard bezel but i will have to remove additional components to get at the other end of the cable to do the replacement. If you have any more photos that show which components to remove to get at the other end that would be very helpful.
May 5th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
thechemist,
The audio jack has a small connector inside which switches from external to internal mode when you unplug headphones or external speakers. Apparently this switch got stuck in the external mode.
They did, they just don’t know how to fix it because they never seen a laptop.
That’s right, but again, most likely the problem is inside the audio jack.
You cannot replace the card because it’s integrated into the motherboard.
Check out this article, it might fix your problem. Speakers stopped working after I used my headphones.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Tony Li,
Why do you think the laptop is broken? Did it boot before you start taking it apart?
Maybe something is not seated correctly. Try reconnecting the memory module first.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Thanks, I broke my laptop trying to fix it. I was careful as possible but now it won’t boot. Not the first time I done a laptop tear down but definitely the last.
For all others trying to take it apart and fix it: LET A PROFESSIONAL DO IT