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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.
April 3rd, 2009 at 6:47 am
Hi Tech,
Thanks for the wonderful guide. I have dv2630ea and i want to upgrade its video (graphics) card which is currently nVidia Gefore 8400M GS. its only 64MB. I am looking for any upto 256MB. Kindly suggest what are the options and guide me which steps to follow to find the card in the machine and to replace it.
Thank in advance.
March 29th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Kevin Jackson,
Nope. Two completely different units. I would suggest replacing the cracked screen on dv6000. I linked to the screen removal instructions at the beginning of this guide.
March 29th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Laptop tech,
Wow great site. I’m wondering if the dv6000 mb is compatible with the zv6000? My zv is old (4 yrs ago) and my son’s dv is 2 yrs old… but with a cracked screen.
Thanks!
Kevin
March 29th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Sid Hollands,
Download the maintenance and service guide for HP Pavilion dv6000 laptops. I posted a link in the comment 18.
You’ll find step-by-stem motherboard replacement instructions in the service manual.
March 29th, 2009 at 10:22 am
cara mullen,
The next step. Follow the link in the comment 3 and find out if your laptop is covered by the extended warranty.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
My sons HP Pavilion’s dv6000 screen does not work any more. I hooked it up to an external screen, tried the Fn F4. Nothing happened. So what is my next step? I also took out the screen and checked the connections.
March 20th, 2009 at 4:08 am
I need to replace my motherboard (I am told)on my HP Pavilion dv6000 which refuses to boot and just beeps at me. Will you be continuing with this series on insidemylaptop.com .
March 18th, 2009 at 7:59 am
The laptop screen has been removed but at first I couldn’t boot the damn thing. Later I found out that if I took out one of the memory cards out of the memory bank (the one that covers the other, I assume this is memory bank 2)
It’s not either of the memory cards because I tried each seperately and the system boots perfectly.
Am I stuck with only one memory bank now? Or is there something I can still try here?
Everything else works like a charm now with the external monitor hooked up btw.
Thanks,
Hans
March 17th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Hi,
Firstly, great work and many thanks for the very useful guide.
I’ve got a bit of a different problem. My caps lock light – its very faint and I have a feeling its burnt out or is on its way out. Is this attached to the keyboard, or is it a main board light?
Thanks
Rob
March 17th, 2009 at 3:40 am
Hello, i have some problem with the little battery inside u know.. that is making the clock and date restarts every time i turn on the notebook. How can i change that? thanks mate