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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 11th, 2009 at 6:11 am
I needed to replace my power supply for my dv6000. The PC was working fine on the old power supply, but the wire was breaking. I bought one off of eBay and all the power factors matched. When I plugged in the new one, the PC went totally dead in less than 30 seconds. Now it doesn’t get a pulse with either the old power supply or battery. What do you think happened and what’s the remedy? Thanks
March 9th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Ok, well thanks allot for the advise, you’ve really helped my allot. I’m ordering the new board right now and also a arctic silver 5 thermal paste for the cpu and gpu
I will post an update if the board has arrived
March 9th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Realiks,
If your new motherboard has the same part number as the original motherboard, it should be 100% compatible.
Shouldn’t matter.
March 9th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Oja I forgot something, does it mather that my new board has a black amd socket?
March 9th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Yes I think I will buy one from the UK. Are there any other important things before I order it? Or is the part number the only important thing?
March 9th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Realiks,
I think it doesn’t matter where they sell motherboards, most likely they are all made in China. Personally, I would prefer to buy from the closest source.
March 9th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Ok I’ve found it: 443775-001
Now I have a dilemma I have the chose to buy from deferent sellers. One from the UK (with is the closest) Than a few from the Usa and allot from china. But I’ve heard that the one’s from china are a bit crappy and they die very quickly. So what would you do? I think a will buy the one from the UK if it die’s I can send it back because it’s the closest.
March 9th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Forgot to mention. Also, you can find the part number in the maintenance and service guide for your laptop.
March 9th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Realiks,
Usually they put it on a sticker close to the memory slot. I can see it on your picture. Doesn’t it have the part number.
You should look for XXXXXX-001 number.
Your English is way better than mine. I’m from Russia.
March 9th, 2009 at 9:38 am
http://i43.tinypic.com/209ncix.jpg
look there ain’t an extra chip on it. Were is the part number located ? There are allot of stickers on it but none of them seems to be the right one.
ps: don’t mind my crappy english i’m from belgium