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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.
March 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
when i put the original hardrive it works fine again.
i dont know how to open the harddrive to look for liquid damage. I know there is a manual. but it is much more difficult to read and see and to be honest, the pictures in the manual suck.
BTW i found your pictures very very helpful. If yuo have a harddrive one, it would be great.
March 5th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Ptra,
I don’t remember off the top of my head, but usually you have to press Esc or F1 or F2 as soon as HP logo appears on the screen. Maybe F10, I don’t remember.
Take a look below the HP logo. Does it say: “Press F… key to enter Setup” ?
Can you access the BIOS setup menu when the hard drive is removed from the laptop?
By the way, was the hard drive wet when you removed it from the first laptop? Take a closer look at the circuit board on the hard drive. Can you see any signs of liquid damage?
What if you install the original drive into the second laptop, will it work just fine?
March 4th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I am not much of a computer expert… how do i check the BIOS setup menue? It says “no operating system found” and none of the F2-F12 work. Well, actually, I think F10 works, but then it says “please wait” at the bottom left forever…like it never changes or moves further than that.
I tried removing the hardrive and reconnecting it, same problem. It is weird how it worked untill I restarted the computer the first time.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Ptra,
Not much you can do here. Just wait until all components are completely dry and try assembling it back together. See if it works after that.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Ptra,
That’s weird. So the hard drive worked fine until you restarted the laptop?
Try reconnecting the hard drive, maybe it’s not making good connection with the motherboard. Can you see the hard drive in the BIOS setup menu? Does it spin at all?
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Ps. I also removed the other computer compartments as well to dry it easier…. and I padded dry everything that was reachable.
Anything that would save my old comp would also be appreciated.
Thanks
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:09 pm
I have two HP dv6000 laptops (slightly different models)
Alright, I slipped on ice and fell in a puddle of water today. My bag hit the ground really hard so my can of juice exploded all over my laptop. The liquid poured slowly in my bag from one end of the laptop to the other. I turned off power and let it dry for a bit. Then I stumbled across this guide.
I removed the hardrive from the “wet” comp and padded dry everything I saw was wet. I moved the hard drive to the other comp. I was able to turn it on and everything on the hardrive was in working order (except for a few drivers that needed to be installed.) I backed up nearly everything onto an external hardrive and then waited till the “detected new driver” to disappear. Then it recommended me to restart the comp. So I did.
When it was reloading… it keeps going to “no operating system found”. I am so confused. Could you help please? Thank you.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 am
Hi, when I said AC board I meant a USB/power connector board.
Apparently it has had a new motherboard, battery and charger brought by the previous owner, I brought it to see if I could have any luck with it.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
Kev,
I asked you to start without battery and wiggle the plug because I thought your laptop has a problem with the power jack. If the laptop loses power when you move the plug, apparently the power jack is not making good connection with the motherboard and has to be resoldered or replaced.
You said that wiggling the AC plug makes no difference, so I assume it’s not the jack.
You asked:
I believe this model doesn’t have an AC board because all circuits are located on the motherboard. You can see the internal parts diagram in the maintenance and service guide on the page 26. Here’s the link. It’s a 5MB pdf file and might take some time to load.
I think there could be a problem with the motherboard.
By the way, it would be a good idea to test the laptop with another AC adapter, just in case.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:50 am
Hi, if I take the battery out and start it, it gets to where I have to choose OS and then it goes ping and turns off.
Wiggling the AC plug makes no difference?
Cheers for looking into this for me.