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I bought a pair of hinges from hp for a decent price thinking I would install them myself. I have a hp pavilion dv6z-1100 CTO, the right hinge broke. You’ll find the cooling fan assembly mounted on the other side of the motherboard.Īlso you can replace the cooling fan assembly if it failed.įantastic instructions. Remove motherboard from the base assembly. This screw located in the lower right corner of the motherboard.Ĭarefully lift up the right side of the motherboard. Remove one screw securing the motherboard. The DC jack attached to a harness and can be easily replaced without soldering. In HP Pavilion dv6 models the DC jack is not soldered to the motherboard. Start separating the top cover assembly from the laptop base.ĭisconnect three cables from the motherboard. Remove five screws securing the top cover assembly.ĭisconnect touchpad cable from the motherboard. Remove four screws securing the speaker assembly.ĭisconnect speaker cable from the motherboard. One of the screws (green) located in the DVD drive bay. Remove all remaining screws from the bottom case.
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In the next guide I’ll explain how to remove the LCD screen. Remove four screws securing display hinges. In order to disconnect the video cable simply pull it up by the black tab. Pull wireless card antenna cables though the opening in the bottom cover. Remove one screw securing the wireless card and remove the card.ĭisconnect two cables (one of them is video cable) from the motherboard. If you plan to remove the display panel, you’ll have to disconnect both antenna cables from the wireless card. Simply pull each cable from the connector. Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector.ĭisconnect two switch cover cables (I mentioned them in step 6) from the motherboard. On the following photo the keyboard connector shown in the unlocked position. In order to unlock the keyboard connector, flip up the brown tab with your fingernail so it opens up at a 90 degree angle. Move the keyboard towards the LCD screen so you can access the cable connector underneath.īefore you remove the keyboard, you’ll have to unlock the connector and release the cable. Lift up the top side of the keyboard as it shown on the following photo. Move the switch cover towards the LCD so you can access three screws securing the keyboard. You can see these cables on the next photo. Lift up one side of the switch cover and continue removing it with your fingers.īe careful, the switch cover has two cables connected to the motherboard. Remove four screws (red) securing the keyboard. Remove five screws (yellow) securing the switch cover. The CMOS battery located under the memory cover and can be easily removed/replaced without taking the whole thing apart. I’ll leave them connected to the motherboard. Lift up the hard drive assembly and disconnect hard drive cable from the motherboard.īoth memory module are located on the bottom. Remove both covers and pull the DVD drive out. One screw (green) also securing the DVD drive.
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Loosen six screws securing the hard drive and memory covers. In my third guide I explain how to disassemble HP Pavilion dv6-3000 and dv6-4000 models.īefore you start, make sure the computer is turned off and battery removed.
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In my second take-apart guide I explain how to disassemble HP Pavilion dv6-6000 models. The disassembly guide on this page should fit HP Pavilion dv6-1000 and dv6-2000 models. UPDATE: I found that HP Pavilion dv6 have DIFFERENT body styles depending on the series. In the second part I’ll explain how to take apart the display assembly and remove the screen. In the first part (this post) I show how to remove all main laptop parts.