My first blog on repairing a laptop is on a HP DV6000 laptop. The owner called and said the laptop has a noisy fan and asked if I could fix it. Of course I can fix it as long as I can get the parts. Cost of repair was agreed at £80 and I collected the laptop within the hour.

Once I got it back to the workshop (Home) I had to strip it down to the motherboard. Alot of laptops have a large cover to take off the back which reveals the heatsink and fan HSF but not with the the HP DV6000.

It doesn’t take long to open the laptop and with the newer HP laptops like this HP use minimal screws to hold it all together although there are nuts to undo on this model before the palmrest can come off.

Well on with the photos, I took these photos during the the rebuilding of the laptop but I guess you can start in reverse to undo one.

Step 1 HP DV6000 Parts

Step 2 HP DV6000 Parts (making it look good)

Step 3 New fan (Top one) waiting to be fitted into heatsink

Step 4 Attach the fan on to the heatsink

Step 5 HSF Side screw

Step 6 Lift the black tape to reveal the screw hole

Step 7 The HFS fitted onto motherboard

Step 8 Connect the front IO panel

Step 9 Connect the power socket cable

Step 10 second power cable connected

Step 11 Push in the Mini PCI Express Caddy

Step 12 Mini Express port fitted

Step 13 All Ready for palmrest

Step 14 Put the flat power cables through the large hole

Step 15 Leave them loose for now

Step 16 Connect the palmrest flat cable

Step 17 Clip in the palmrest to the base

Step 18 Screws along DVD-RW slot

Step 19 Attach the rear panel before the screen

Step 20 Attach the LCD Screen

Step 21 Plug in the screen Cable

Step 22 Attach the flat power cables

Step 23 Plug in the keyboard

Step 24 Fit the keyboard before clipping in the power strip

Step 25 Time to Screw it all down

Step 26 Install the memory, Hard Drive, DVD-RW and Screw in the Mini PCI Nuts

Step 27 Working HP DV6000 No more noisy fan

6 Comments

1.   Taras   |  Sunday, 12 July 2009 at 7:53 pm

   Nice guide, thanks. Just one question. If I want just to clean the fan I have to totally disassemble the laptop as you did ? i have dv6000 and it gets overheated often and suts down (fan is working though).

   
2.   Laptop Guy   |  Sunday, 12 July 2009 at 10:24 pm

   @Taras
   Hello Taras, yes you will. The motherboard needs to be completely removed before you can remove the HSF (Heat Sink and Fan). When you rebuild the laptop put some thermal compound on the CPU then attach the HSF.

   
3.   jon   |  Tuesday, 03 November 2009 at 11:15 pm

   My fan is noisy also so I plan on taking my DV6449US apart. However, I do not think I need a whole new HSF, I just want the fan. How did you know what fan to get? HP only sells the whole assembly………thanks and good guide.

   
4.   Laptop Guy   |  Friday, 06 November 2009 at 9:59 pm

   I ordered a new HSF and then took the fan out. Try http://www.chilternitparts.com Just type the part number of the HSF which ends in .001

   
5.   dm   |  Friday, 27 November 2009 at 8:27 pm

   I tried to follow your direction to replace the fan. I’m stuck on how to remove the palmrest — it seems that there are some attachment to the body near the touchpad. I don’t see any screws I’m missing to remove (when I look from the other side). Am I missing something?

   
6.   Laptop Guy   |  Friday, 27 November 2009 at 8:49 pm

   @dm

   Step 26 Install the memory, Hard Drive, DVD-RW and Screw in the Mini PCI Nuts

   You need to remove the mini express bolts loosen with pliers

   

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