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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 9th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Realiks,
That is strange. Do you know if your laptop has a discrete video card? Maybe all motherboards on eBay have integrated video and that’s why there is an extra chip.
Anyway, I would suggest searching for a new motherboard using the part number from the original board. I would strongly recommend buying the same board unless you are 100% sure the board from eBay is compatible with your laptop.
Find the part number (it might look something like that 434723-001) and google it.
March 9th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Yes I did it
Thanks allot man ^_^
The laptop isn’t qualified for free repair. I looked on the hp website.
I’m going to order a new motherboard right away. But I think I won’t get the right board. Every board they sell on ebay has an extra chip on it. Mine doesn’t
Anny ideas?
http://i40.tinypic.com/sx2n9y.jpg
March 9th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Realiks,
In the comment 53 I posted a link to the service manual. The manual has the motherboard removal instructions. Take a look and find out what you are missing.
Also, did you read the comment #3. I guess your laptop doesn’t qualify for a free repair from HP?
March 9th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Hi guys you are my last hope.
I’m trying to fix my hp dv6000. The motherboard is dead, I’m trying to remove it so I can put a new one in. But I’m having some problems with the disassembly. The main board is stuck at the Fan and usb ports. Here are 2 picture of the situation.
http://i41.tinypic.com/3522po7.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/10qmmuw.jpg
I hope you can help me.
You can always contact me
rubenbasyn[at]hotmail[dot]com
March 7th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Ptra,
It’s not that easy. You have to disassemble the laptop from the top.
1. Remove all screws and components from the bottom.
2. Remove keyboard.
3. Remove display.
4. Remove top cover.
5. Now you can access and remove the motherboard.
You’ll find complete disassembly instructions in the maintenance and service guide. Follow this link. It’s a pdf file and can take some time to download.
March 7th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Does the casing on the bottom get removed by just unscrewing the screws aound the outside (on the bottom?
March 7th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
It only shuts down after 2-3 seconds when the RAM is in. If i remove the RAM, it stays on..but with nothing showing
March 7th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Ptra,
Sounds like a problem with the motherboard.
You can try disassembling the laptop to barebone system (system board, CPU, memory) and try turning it on. If the laptop still shuts down on its own after 2-3 seconds, most likely it’s bad motherboard.
Here’s an example: Laptop is dead. How to troubleshoot the problem.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Thanks. Doesn’t seem to be working. Weird. However, I thought that my “wet” comp was dry enough to put back together. So I did that.
After it was assembled, I turned it on (with power and battery) and it goes on for a few seconds with lights on the touchpad (QuickTime, sound and whatnot)… The screen remained black, after 2-3 seconds, the power cuts off (same sound when I do a manual power cut-off when I hold the power button)… So I didn’t know what was going on. I took out my 4gig ram and I tried turning it on again to see if it is the motherboard. I read somewhere that if the ram is out and the computer beeps a couple of times and remains on, then the motherboard was still fine. I don’t know about that. But that is what happened. The comp remained on until I either closed the lid or opened the lid, then it would restart “coming” on again, with a few beeps. However, the screen is still off.
Secondly, then attached a secondary monitor to the laptop, put back in the ram, and then turned on the comp. It went for about 2-4 seconds, and then the power cut off.
Maybe it is the ram. Nope. I am currently using the 4gig ram in this laptop right now (the other computer), and it is working fine.
I don’t know what is happening. Any help would be nice, or if you could direct me to some resources. Thank you
March 5th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Ptra,
Apparently, the first hard drive was damaged somehow. I don’t know what else could be wrong.
You don’t have to take it apart. On most laptop hard drives you can see the controller board on the bottom of the drive – a green circuit board with bunch of traces. Do you see any liquid damage on that board? Maybe the drive failed because of liquid intrussion? Just a guess. Can you hear the drive spinning when you turn on the laptop?
Do not open the drive, you can easily damage it.