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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.
January 21st, 2011 at 10:17 am
I left my laptop in the car the other night and it was pretty cold. I went to my car at break time (i was at work) and watched a video. Something told me to take it inside, but I did not. I shut it down and left it in the car. When I got home, I turned it on and hooked up my external hard drive. The window I had open suddenly became fuzzy and laptop froze, (no mouse movement or anything). I took the battery out and unplugged it to shut it down. When I went to turn it back on, it now does a continuous start up loop but never loads. Also, I can hear the fan and the hard drive attempting to power up, but it just shuts back off every 2 to 3 seconds. I’m worried because the hard drive light on the front will come on but goes off.
January 17th, 2011 at 8:20 am
Hi,
i have problem with my laptop it stop working when i prss Power button it flash for 1 second and it did not work, so what is the problem….?
January 13th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Dan,
Could be a problem with the LCD cable. You mentioned that disconnecting it from the left side of the inverter board temporarily fixes the screen backlight.
It’s possible there is a pinched wire inside the LCD harness.
Probably the next step would be replacing the LCD hanress. If it doesn’t help, there must be a problem with the motherboard (I assume your new inverter and LCD are good).
January 13th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Ok tried new screen still acts the same, I’m at my wits end with this thing two LCD screens and two different inverters and still same issue no way. Could it be possibly be the motherboard? I think I would see other issues but have not…
January 13th, 2011 at 10:34 am
Dan,
It’s hard to tell what is wrong, probably failing backlight lamp inside the screen. I don’t think this is cable related issue. The laptop screen wouldn’t stay on for a while with a damaged cable.
If we assume the new inverter is good, the next step would be replacing the LCD screen (because the backlight lamp mounted inside the screen).
January 13th, 2011 at 9:09 am
Good day all,
I have been struggling with a DV6000 with a black LCD screen (no backlight because I can see the icons). I noticed that when pulling power from the inverter (left side plug) and plugging back in it will light up and stay lit till shutting down then problem repeats. I have tried another inverter with same results. Please if anyone can help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated…
Dan
January 11th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Cindy,
Most likely you are correct. Your laptop shuts down because of overheating.
Before you take it apart, try cleaning the cooling fan with compressed air. Take a look at this post: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2011/01/11/laptop-runs-hot-turns-off-freezes/
January 11th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
I have a problem with my hp dv 6000. Whenever it gets really hot, it would just shut down. So i’m wondering if the fan inside my laptop is gathering dust. Do I have to follow these steps so I can clean my fan? The only way to stop my laptop from burning out is to put an electric fan in front of it. Its winter and im it’s too cold to use a fan…
January 5th, 2011 at 9:46 am
Darn! I wish that wouldn’t have been the case
Will I have to replace the whole motherboard now?
January 4th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Jad,
I think this is motherboard failure.