How to disassemble HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600, dv6700,

dv6800 notebooks
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In the following guide I explain how to disassemble HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600,

I believe this guide will work for some other models in the Pavilion dv6000 line.

You can use these instructions for removing and replacing all main notebook
components.

If you need spare parts for HP Pavilion dv6500/dv6600/dv6700/dv6800 notebooks, you

Turn off the notebook and unplug the AC adapter.

STEP 1.
Remove the battery.

Remove four screws securing the hard drive and memory (RAM) covers. Remove both
covers.

STEP 2.

Lift up the right side of the hard drive assembly to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Remove the hard drive assembly.

Remove both memory (RAM) modules.

Disconnect two antenna cables (black and gray) from the wireless card. Remove two
screws securing the wireless card to the motherboard. Remove the wireless card.

By the way, in this step you can access the CMOS (RTC) battery.
STEP 4.

Remove one screw securing the CD/DVD drive to the laptop base.

Pull the CD/DVD drive from the notebook and remove it.
STEP 5.

Remove all screws from the bottom of the notebook.

Do not forget:
- three screws in the CD/DVD drive bay (yellow).
- one screw in the hard drive bay (green).
- two hex studs under memory slots (orange). Use 3/16 nutdriver.

Mark all removed screws somehow so you don’t forget their location when assemble the
notebook back together.
STEP 6.

Carefully lift up the right side of the power button board cover.
There are two cables connected to the motherboard. We’ll disconnect these cables after
removing the keyboard in the STEP 8.

STEP 7.

Now, when the power button board cover separated from the laptop case, you can
remove the keyboard as it shown on the picture below.
STEP 8.

Carefully disconnect the keyboard cable from the motherboard.

For more detailed keyboard removal instructions please follow this guide for HP Pavilion
dv6000 laptop.

These instructions should be identical for HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600, dv6700, dv6800
notebooks.
STEP 9.

Disconnect two cables running from the power button boar cover.

There are no locks on these connectors. Simply pull both cables from connectors.
STEP 10.

Turn the cover upside down and disconnect one cable from the power button board.
STEP 11.

Remove the cover.

STEP 12.

Disconnect the video cable connector from the motherboard.

This connector is located close to the left display hinge.

Pull both wireless card antenna cables through the opening in the top cover. Unroute
both antenna cables.

Remove two screws securing the display assembly hinges.

Lift up and separate the display assembly from the notebook base.

In one of the previous posts I explain how to disassemble the display assemble and
remove the LCD screen from an HP Pavilion dv6000.

These instructions should be identical for HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600, dv6700, dv6800
notebooks.
STEP 15.

Remove five screws securing the top cover assembly.

Disconnect the touch pad cable from the motherboard.

Start separating the plastic cover from the notebook base. You can use a piece of soft
plastic (I’m using a guitar pick) to separate the cover from the base.
The cover has been removed.

STEP 17.
Separate the top cover assembly from the notebook base.

Again, as a case cracker I’m using the same guitar pick.

Remove the top cover assembly.

The top cover assembly has been removed.

Disconnect the Bluetooth module cable from the motherboard.

Remove two screws securing the Bluetooth module.

Remove the module.

Remove four screws securing the express card slot.

Slide the slot board to the right and disconnect it from the motherboard.
STEP 21.

There is only one screws securing the motherboard to the notebook base.

Remove these screw.

Start removing the motherboard as it shown on the picture below.

When the motherboard is lifted up, disconnect one cable from the audio board.

There are two more cables connected to the motherboard and we’ll remove them in the
next step.
STEP 23.

Turn the motherboard upside down and disconnect two more cables.
STEP 24.

The motherboard has been removed.

The audio board and power connector board are still connected to the notebook base.

STEP 25.

Loosen four screws securing the cooling assembly (heat sink and fan) to the
motherboard.
STEP 26.

Lift up and remove the cooling assembly.

Now you can access the processor (CPU).

The power connector is mounted on a separate board.

If the power connector fails, you can desolder it from the board and replace with a new
one or replace the entire power connector board.
  

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426 Responses to “How to disassemble HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600,

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1. 426
 Mahendra Kothari Says: 
May 3rd, 2012 at 6:56 am

Dear Sir,

I thank for putting this info on web. I think I will be able to see whether my pc

wireless card which is not working is broken or the antenna is broken.

I really really appreciate this detailed information.

2. 425
Baz Says: 
April 16th, 2012 at 3:51 pm

Great tutorial, managed to take my entire HP DV6707us apart and put it back

together several times.

I was having the same problems as a lot of people with the DV6700 series – the

laptop would power up, the LEDS and fan would come on, then would shut down

after a couple of seconds and start the process all over again about five seconds

later. Tried changing the processor, it worked for the first time (brought up the HP

screen) and I thought I had the fix, however when I shut it down and restarted it

began the same recycling series again. Didn’t really feel like putting the mobo in my

Mom’s new oven, so after trudging through various forums I came up with the

following fix:

1.Take the laptop apart down to the motherboard and remove the fan, processor

and cover. This should uncover the NVidia chip (between the fan and the

processor).

2. Blast the chip for about 30 seconds with a hot hairdryer.

3. While still warm, put an English penny over the chip, then put the original foam

heatsink back over the penny. Put the processor back in and screw the fan back

onto the motherboard.

4. Re-assemble the laptop and it should come back with a bang….. I’d recommend

however reconnecting the screen, power sections and keyboard and checking if it

boots, before you put the whole thing back together.

problems. It seems to take a couple of seconds longer to boot than normal but that

appears to be the only difference. I don’t know what did the trick – maybe it was the

penny, or the hairdryer, or both… I’m sure a US or Canadian one cent would work

as well. Maybe the coin pushes the chip down onto the mobo, or just acts as a

heatsink. I’m not really tempted to take the whole thing apart again and experiment!

Might not last at all, but at least I’ve got internet back and have learnt my lesson

and will back up my files from now on.

3. 424

Michael Says: 
March 17th, 2012 at 10:51 am

Hi guys. I have a question. Any one of you can answer this for me, it’s really simple.

I opened up my dv6700 to replace the power button board. I successfully did that,

however, I have two problems. You know those 2 black ribbon cables that connect

the power button board to the motherboard?

Which way do those two cables go in? Do they go black-side up or white-side up?

And is it the same for both ends of the cable?

4. 423
David Says: 
March 15th, 2012 at 8:32 am

I’ve the same issue as Keith.

Only the left speaker is working.

I’ve already exhausted all configuration options within Windows.

Now, I did notice that when testing the speakers with the built-in Windows utility,

pressing the TEST key is supposed to play a sound on each speaker in turn.

In my case, and I’m sure in Keith’s, BOTH sounds will play on the left speaker.

Clicking the little right-hand speaker icon itself will return a sound through the left

speaker.
5. 422

Laptop Tech Says: 
March 6th, 2012 at 6:34 pm

Keith,

When i got it all back together I noticed that only one speaker works. The left one.

I am not sure if this was from me taking it apart or a problem with software.

Test your laptop with headphones. If only left headphone works, this is not speaker

related failure. Check audio settings. Make sure the balance set correctly.

6. 421
Keith Says: 
March 2nd, 2012 at 11:57 pm

Ok I’ve got a question that is driving me crazy. I wiped my hard drive and re-

installed windows vista on my dv 6700 (6875se). After I got everything installed

again I decided to break it down to about step 11 to really clean out all the dust in it.

When i got it all back together I noticed that only one speaker works. The left one. I

am not sure if this was from me taking it apart or a problem with software. I updated

all the drivers and opened it up again to make sure i didn’t leave anything

unplugged, but I cant pinpoint the problem or find much online to help me. Does
anyone have any ideas for a solution?

7. 420

Ivo Says: 
March 2nd, 2012 at 8:58 am

Okay nevermind my last post I fixed it with a pair of tweezers

Sorry for the double post guys

Great guide you have!

8. 419
 Ivo Says: 
March 2nd, 2012 at 8:49 am

Hello there this was very helpfull but I’m having problems with the 2 screws which

are colored orange in picture at step 5

How do you get these 2 loose?

A quick reply would be very much appreciated

Thnx in advance Ivo

9. 418

Laptop Tech Says: 
February 28th, 2012 at 2:05 pm

@ Brandon,

1. What is the connector right next to the touchpad ribbon? I have that plug, but

nothing to plug in.

Probably this is connector for the finger scanning device. Not all models have this

device. It’s optional.

2. is the ribbon attached to the touchpad also the ribbon for the Left/Right mouse

click?

Yes.

10. 417
Jeremy Says: 
February 28th, 2012 at 10:30 am

Excellent technical document. The only thing I would add is close up pictures of the

screws, so that it’s easy to tell which screws goes where. I had torn my wife’s
laptop apart quite some time ago and only recently had funds to get a re-

manufactured motherboard. Stupid NVidia. Your document was extremely helpful in

putting it back together. I would add that it people are tearing these laptops down to

this point, they really need to remove the piece of foam that is between the

graphics processor and the copper heat tube that runs over top of it. Then replace

that pad with a copper shim and put heat grease on both sides of it. This should

keep the graphics processor from overheating.