Jul 05

In the following guide I will be removing the LCD screen, inverter board and display hinges from a Compaq Presario F700 laptop. The display disassembly steps will be very similar for Compaq Presario F500, HP G6000 and some other HP/Compaq laptops. If this guide works for you, please mention your laptop model in the comments below.

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Jul 05

In this guide I explain how to disassemble a Compaq Presario F700 notebook. The guide might work for some other Compaq and HP models. I think the disassembly steps will be very similar for Compaq Presario F500 and HP G6000 notebook PC. If this guide works for your notebook, please mention the model name in the comments below.

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Jul 05

In this guide I explain how to remove and replace a damaged LCD screen in a HP Pavilion dv2000 notebook. This guide should work for all models in Pavilion dv2000 line.

By the way, this HP Pavilion dv2000 is like a small copy of HP Pavilion dv6000 notebook and all disassembly steps will be very similar.

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Jul 05

In this guide I explain how to disassemble a HP Compaq 6730s – 6735s notebook and remove the cooling fan which is mounted under the motherboard. Basically I will take the whole notebook apart and remove all internal components one by one.

Why wouldn’t HP make a door for the cooling fan? Why should it be so complicated to replace the cooling fan?

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Jul 05

In this guide I explain how to remove and replace the display panel from a HP Compaq nc6320 (nc6300 series) notebook. Most likely this guide will work for some others HP Compaq notebooks, feel free to mention your model in the comments.

Also you can use this guide for:

1. Replacing or upgrading the memory module installed in the internal memory slot.
2. Removing and replacing the keyboard.
3. Removing and replacing the cooling fan.
4. Cleaning the heat sink.
5. Removing and replacing the CMOS (RTC) battery.

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Jul 05

In this guide I explain how to remove and replace the motherboard in a Dell Latitude D500 laptop. Also, you’ll see how to access and replace all other internal parts in this laptop.

I had two different problems with the laptop.
1. The power jack was damaged. I could have just resoldered the jack but the second problem was more serious.
2. The motherboard couldn’t charge a known good battery. Apparently it had a problem with the battery charging circuit.
So I decided to replace the motherboard.

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Jul 05

In this guide I explain how to open the display panel and replace the screen inverter board in HP Compaq 8510p and 8510w notebooks. The inverter board located inside the display panel beneath the screen. The inverter board works as a power supply for the LCD backlight lamp. When inverter fails, the LCD screen goes dark. The image is still on the screen but you can barely see it.

By the way, in the previous post I explained how to remove the laptop motherboard.

OK, let’s start taking this unit apart.

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Jul 05

HP Compaq 8510p disassembly

In the following guide I will disassemble a HP Compaq 8510p notebook PC and remove all main parts. According with the HP specifications, my disassembly guide should work for a HP Compaq 8510w mobile workstation. If it works for any other model, I would appreciate if you mention the model name in the following comments.

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Jul 05

Bad LCD screen

In this guide I’ll be removing and replacing the LCD screen and removing the inverter board from a HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop.

As you see on the picture above I’m fixing a HP Pavilion dv6000 series laptop with a bad LCD screen. The lower part of the screen displays garbled image and the upper part works just fine. An external monitor displays image properly. So it’s bad screen and it has to be replaced.

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Jul 05

HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop

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.

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