Take apart the HP DV6000 to access the motherboard.
When your HP DV6000 laptop has hardware issues, such as sudden shutdowns, a power short or an overheating issue, you often have to take it completely apart to access the device that needs repair or replacing. This requires the removal of most of the plastic case and other computer devices. If you decide to take apart this HP laptop with a Pentium IV duo core, you will need to set two to three hours aside to complete the job. When you leave a computer in its disassembled state, it is difficult to remember where the parts and the screws go when you replace them.
Instructions
1. Remove the battery and all the cables leading into the laptop. This will keep you from shorting out the laptop as your work on it.
2. Close the computer and turn it so the bottom is facing upward. Remove all of the Philips screws you see on the bottom of the case. Unfasten the screws that become visible after removing the battery. Place all the screws in a small container to keep from losing them.
3. Remove the RAM, the hard drive and the wireless network card cover. These are located on the underside of the computer and will be loose after you remove the Philips screws.
4. Release the RAM module by pushing the side levers out slightly. Expect the RAM to pop out at a 45-degree angle, allowing you to slide it from the socket. Unfasten the silver Philips screws revealed in the RAM compartment. Follow the same procedure to remove the wireless network card, but leave it sitting loose in the compartment until you remove the wires going into the front of the computer.
5. Lift the edges of the hard drive slightly and slide it out in the opposite direction of its connection. This only requires a gentle tug as a heavy-pull may cause you to drop the hard drive and damage it. Remove the one screw located under the hard drive. It is important to remove this, since it helps to hold the upper plastics together.
6. Insert the Flathead of a tiny precision screwdriver into the bottom plastic seam where the DVD/CD device meets the bottom plastic of the case. Slide out the DVD/CD device evenly from the case. Expect to feel a slight resistance as you initially pull. This is caused by the disconnecting from the motherboard. Remove the other three silver head screws that you see after the removal.
7. Turn the computer back over and open the screen. Lay it as far back is it will go. Insert the Flathead of your smallest precision screwdriver in the corner of the plastic bezel where the power button is located. Lift the bezel until it pops out, but lift it carefully so you don't break the plastic tabs.
8. Remove the Phillips screws holding the keyboard in place. Lift the keyboard from its upper corners. Insert your fingers behind the keyboard and slightly lift the connector tab securing the data cable in place. Pull the cable free carefully, as you want to avoid breaking the connectors. Finish removing the keyboard from the laptop. Disconnect the now visible touch pad data cable from the motherboard.
9. Disconnect the LCD cable from the motherboard. Lift the securing latch slightly and pull up on the cable to remove it. Remove the other cables from the right side of the LCD screen. Remove the screws on the left and right sides that hold the LCD assembly in place. Lift the LCD panel from the base of the computer.
10. Remove the front wires to the Internet wireless card and feed them back through the bottom of the case, removing the card entirely from the case.
11. Unfasten the remaining four visible Philips screws that you see on the top of the motherboard. Unfasten and remove the small plastic bezel that was hidden by the LCD panel. Unfasten the retaining screw next to the power plug to lift this off.
12. Insert the Flathead on the smallest precision screwdriver into seam of the top and bottom plastic covers. Begin lifting the top cover from one corner and continue along to seam until the entire top cover comes off.
13. Unscrew the five remaining Phillips screws on the motherboard. Lift off the PCMCIA card cage that four of the screws are holding, and unfasten the last screw on the right front side of the system board. Lift up the right top side of the motherboard to loosen the power plug cables. Remove the remaining top cable from the motherboard.
14. Pry the left side of the plastic from the motherboard by gently rocking the motherboard back and forth to free it from the bottom case. Remove the remaining cables from the bottom of the motherboard and pull it out.
Tags: from motherboard, hard drive, Philips screws, bottom case, bottom plastic