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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.
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October 27th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Matt W.,
The audio jack is soldered directly to the motherboard. Replacing the audio jack is not as easy as you think.
You’ll have to disassemble the laptop, remove the motherboard, unsolder the broken audio jack and solder a new one.
You can download the maintenance ans service guide for HP dv6000 notebook and remove the motherboard following instructions in the guide.
You can replace the audio jack using same technique as for replacing the power jack.
October 26th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Hi!
My audio port (aka headphone jack) is broken, and needs to be replaced. I found a replacement part on eBay, which arrived today, but I don’t know how to go about actually installing it. I took off the memory cover as shown above and can see the old audio port, and it actually looks to be a relatively simple fix as there is only one thing that appears to need plugged in, but it appears difficult to get to. Are there step-by-step directions somewhere similar to the ones above but to get to the audio port instead? I have the same model pictured (dv6000), except mine has the fingerprint recognizer for easy log-in.
Thanks a bunch to anyone who can help!
Matt
October 25th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
When i plug it in lights come on, it just plain doesn’t turn on though.
October 25th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Kyle,
Is it completely dead? Can you see any LED lights when you press on the power button.
If the laptop is completely dead and makes no noises and has no lights, check the power adapter. Maybe the adapter is bad.
If the laptop turns on but there is no video on the screen, check the memory module. One of the modules could be bad. Try removing memory modules one by one.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:37 am
I’m having some trouble with my HP pavilion dv2000, it seems that it doesn’t want to turn on no matter what i do. Does anyone a suggestion? thank you
October 25th, 2009 at 1:24 am
hi i had open up my laptop disame that in the picture and after i put all in one again it will not work i put in batery and after 10sex its start flashing power led light ant it will not turn on what shall i do
October 16th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I have a HP 6700 that will power on for about 10-15 seconds and then power off by it self. Doesn’t matter if on battery or AC adapter. HP says motherboard is bad. Is this worth fixing and how hard is it? I have heard that the interal power supply could be bad or the soider that connects the ac adapter inside the machine is broke. Any thoughts? feel free to email too.
THanks Bob
October 14th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Problem: When turned on the blue lights on the bezzel come on, fan turns on, but screen stays blank. Will flash off (with a beep) and come back on like it is trying to restart. Repeats this on loop.
Already done:
Starting with one memory module, tried both, neither worked.
Hooked up an external display, still blank screen.
Sending it back to HP but wanted to see if you guys had any ideas. I’ll let you know what the solution from HP was if I get one.
October 13th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Also the webcam has a cable that will connect to the mother board under the keyboard.
October 13th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Has anybody heard of the system reset switch that is located on the mother board? if not u will half to pull off the keyboard and the keyboard bezel and remove the whole top cover get to the mother board and just below where the keyboard attaches to the mother board there will be a little button but u will need to hook the power button up because u will need to hold the button and the power button for 5-10 seconds and try to see if that will fix you problems and for anybody having over heating problem try putting thermal paste on the cup and the video card chips as hp does not do that and they leave a small gap between the heat sink and the video chip.
October 13th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Hi all, I just wondered if anyone could tell me where the webcam cable leads to on the dv6000, does it connect to the motherboard or does it connect to somewhere on the screen bezel?
I ask as my model does not have a built-in webcam, and I would like to add one.
October 10th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Have you found a solution to this problem? I’m having the same problem with my HP 9600. The battery will no longer charge, so now that it’s dead, I’m not getting any lights at all.
Please let me know.
Thanks.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
gvs,
It’s not easy to access and replace the cooling fan in a HP Pavilion dv2000 notebook. The cooling fan is mounted under the motherboard. You’ll have to remove the motherboard first and after that you’ll be able to replace the fan.
Check out my previous post about HP Pavilion dv2000 disassembly.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Hi
I like your instructions and will appreciate your advice on the following.
I have HP dv2035us laptop. Has served me well for 3 years now. Only problem is grinding noise from under the laptop where the fan resides (top left corner, under the power button). I googled quite a bit and figured a few solutions. I tried using the compressed air gun from the holes hoping that if something is stuck in the fan it will be removed. It didnt work. The only other option, I have to is to open up the back plate of the laptop and physically see if there is something stuck in the fan or if the fan has become loose for some reason. So I was wondering if you had any instructions to open the back of the laptop to reach to the fan (under the power button) to clean/reseat/change that fan.
thanks in advance.
Please either reply here or copy at my email address I would appreciate that.
gvstemp
September 29th, 2009 at 9:45 am
hello ,very interesting post
i have a problem with my hp dv6446us laptop, the laptop doesnt have audio and the hardware manager sais that there isnt a sound card connected to the laptop …..what should i do???
September 26th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
asanka,
The first think to check is the laptop memory. It’s possible that one of the memory modules is bad or doesn’t make good connection with the memory slot. Try reconnecting memory modules. Try removing them one by one and test the laptop with each module separately. It might start properly with a good memory module.
September 25th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
hp pavilion dv6000 is my laptop, it’s broken, no disply but power is on,
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:06 am
Philip,
You can find disassembly instructions in the service manual. It’s not for beginners.
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:07 am
CHANGING PART #449454-001 the power board. do I need to remove the keyboard to change this part???
DO YOU HAVE AN ILLUSTRATION TO DO THIS or is this best left to a service center??
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:01 am
Philip,
Not just the keyboard. You’ll have to disassemble the entire notebook.
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:35 am
CHANGING PART #449454-001 the power board. do I need to remove the keyboard to change this part???
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Pandajack,
If you want to reseat cable on the back of the LCD, you don’t have to remove the keyboard. Just follow these instructions.
If you want to reseat cable on the motherboard, you’ll have to remove the keyboard bezel. Follow steps 5 and 6 in this guide. The cable connector is located under the keyboard bezel, close to the left hinge.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Never mind, I found your other post. Very informative, but from what I understand I will have to completely take apart the laptop both LCD/Keyboard to get to the wire I need to check correct?
Thanks
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Hi, anyone know with these instructions if I can repair my lcd. the wire is either loose or worn and needs replacing as it works when ya wiggle it. Or if someone knows (can post pics) of where/how to get to this wire.
thanks
September 19th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
You’ll find more info and list of units covered in this post.
September 19th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Rosi,
Test your laptop with another USB device. If you have same problem, I guess you have bad USB ports.
Unfortunately, USB ports are soldered to the motherboard.
You’ll have to use the laptop as is or replace the motherboard.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Sounds like you have the same problem I had. The motherboard is toast. It was recalled in this model, hopefully yours is still under warranty. Mine was not.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Jungart,
sounds like your battery or power supply is bad.
I had the same problem with 2 different laptops.
One happened to be the battery and the other it
was the power supply.
Another one i fixed it ended up being too hot and
would only work after the laptop was cooled down
with either a fan or left sitting for a few hours. That one
ended up being the thermal pad on the CPU was
messed up. Here’s how to check for that…
…First, I unplugged the battery and let the laptop cool, overnight
or if you have a strong fan. then i tried a KNOW GOOD battery.
If this works, then it’s your cpu/thermal pad. if not then you
may have the other issue i mentioned above.
However, in the case of sever overheating, you may need a
new CPU altogether.
Good luck.
Cass.
September 18th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I had this problem less than a year after I got my computer. HP fixed it and then told me to extend my warranty. I purchased one for 140 dollars. Well my computer’s wireless stopped being detected again and I know the black screen issue is soon to follow. I called HP turns out they had an extended warranty – FREE. But it expired in June. I don’t get why they made me pay for mine. Oh yeah, they’re greedy LIARS.
Anyway I found a DIY on youtube. I’m going to try it because it looks like it has already helped many people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctHTF3oNdxI&feature=related
GOOD LUCK!
September 17th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Hello,
Maybe somebody sugest me how I can solve my problem with power in my HP Pavilion 6000.
I just dont have any power even I connect with power of course my HP. When I like to start system in one of three blue light in the front ( left side) the middle one ( with flash sign)switch the blue light 3 times Please forgive me my language but english is not my origin for all help I will appereciate
Jungart