Comments on: How to disassemble HP Pavilion dm4

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 21:58:40 +0000

Thank you. With your help, I was able to disassemble my HP Pavilion DM4 to lubricate the fan. My DM4 was slightly different in where some of the screws were located, but I wouldn’t have attempted this without your very detailed instructions. It was still an absolute pain getting to the fan underneath the motherboard, but it’s now working and quiet as the day I bought it four years ago.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:32:40 +0000

My finger print scanner popped off from the frame and I don’t know how to fix it. Is there a way to fix the problem??? Thank you so much in advance!!!

By: Ben Myers

Ben Myers — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 04:55:05 +0000

Well done! Way easier with photos as a guide instead of the not-very-clear drawings in the HP service manual.

By: Goaty

Goaty — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:20:20 +0000

Thanks! One note…my dm4 did not have double sided tape on the keyboard underside. Date of internal components is mid 2011 so techs prob got annoyed as well.

By: muhammad munawwir

muhammad munawwir — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 01:38:59 +0000

very thank you for the detail,

By: Hammad Naeem

Hammad Naeem — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 14:47:05 +0000

i can’t explain in words how to thanks you…..this helps me alot….save my time and…free to tension…….
thanks again..

By: Ahmad Mubarak

Ahmad Mubarak — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:12:08 +0000

Great tutorial. Please I disassembled my dm4 to clean out the fan which was super noisy, but now that I’ve replaced all the parts, I can’t get the display to come on. Any suggestions please. Thanks.

By: Jonty

Jonty — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 23:22:36 +0000

Great tutorial on disassembly of DM4. My problem is the USB port adjacent to power jack became unseated and retracted into the case when a USB stick was accidentally knocked and now the port can’t be used. From the tutorial it looks like I would have to go to step 18 to re-seat the port. Do you think it is worth the trouble doing this repair or would a small USB hub work just as well. Thanks

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 07 May 2015 18:55:22 +0000

Great step by step. It looks like this is the only process to clean my fan for HP pavilion dm4-1165dx. Is there a complete tutorial like this that gears toward fan cleaning/replacement? I was about to add some RAM and thought I would do a quick clean on it. What materials should I have ready besides basic tools? I have seen these guys at my shop, resembles alchemy.

Hope so, thanks for your time.

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:26:36 +0000

In reply to Josh. @ Josh,

just wondering if there is any way to remove and replace only the fan on a dm4, without having to remove the whole cooling unit, including heatsink etc?

You can replace just the fan but.. you still have to remove the whole cooling module first. The fan is attached to the heatsink.