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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 30th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
jnanatara,
1. Try inserting and removing the head phones plug a few times very quickly. There is a small switch inside the audio jack and it’s possible the switch got stuck in the “internal” mode.
2. Test your laptop with Ubuntu live Linux CD. Boot your laptop from Ubuntu disc and test speakers. It’s possible your Windows driver not working properly or has wrong settings. If laptop speakers work in Ununtu, this is not hardware related issue.
March 30th, 2011 at 10:50 am
My laptop was serviced by HP several months ago. They replaced keyboard and cover, & mouse pad. I often use mute button on keyboard cover quick play console. Sound started to be distorted from internal speakers on music’s high notes. Later internal speakers stopped altogether. (out of warranty) Headphones and external speakers work. Looking at the inside of the headphone jacks, they don’t look odd or different from Mic’s jack, so I don’t think it is broken. Device Mngr does not show any exclamation points and driver has been tested with both rollback and updates. Windows software thinks the sound is fine and working, but no sounds, windows or mp3s or media player etc come from the internal speakers. I did recently move/travel with the laptop from one state to another.
Could this be just a loose connection hardware problem or do my speakers need to be replaced?
Kindly advise.
March 30th, 2011 at 9:11 am
My touch pad is wearing out. The left click button doesn’t respond all the time. The button seems loose and teeter-totters. Is it a simple fix? What do I need to fix it?
March 29th, 2011 at 10:33 am
i want to know what are the cables that come from the screen to the power button board… i know one comes from the speakers but does anyone know what the other ones are??
March 27th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
even, I have the similar problem as explained by justimagie!
March 26th, 2011 at 4:00 am
I forgot to ask–I also have a ze4900 that the CPU Fan’s not working–what tips or checks should I do in order to see if the fan’s good or bad and also a step by step remove / replace tutorial.
Thanks again–Paul
March 26th, 2011 at 3:55 am
Thanks first for your very informative site. I have a HP dv6700 Laptop that the battery lock is needing attention. The slide still works but is not tight like it use to be to the case. I put the battery in wrong by putting in the side of the lock instead of the outer edge of the laptop first–Dummy Me!
Should I leave it alone or should I try and tighten it up. Do you have a step by step tutorial on how to repair or replace the Battery release?
Thanks again for this site!
Regards,
Paul
March 22nd, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Hi,
Here is the answer to screen dividing in 4 parts(even in bios). I have the hp pavillion dv6628us, windows vista. I had the same problem, Installed the older version of video driver, It came back to normal screen. When I restarted the laptop, it again went to 4 parts, i did the same thing again, installing the older version of display driver. It worked.
So give it a try.
March 22nd, 2011 at 6:20 am
Hey!
I have a HP Pavilion dv6000, with some problems. When I try to start it up, it starts up all fans and lights, runs for 2 seconds, then shuts down and try to restart itself 2-3 seconds later. Any ideas on what I could check for problems?
Thanks in advance!
March 18th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Jordan,
How far did you take it apart?
Check both memory modules. Make sure both modules seated correctly. This is one of the most common problems after reassembly.