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How to disassemble HP Pavilion dv2 laptop

In this guide I show how to disassemble a HP Pavilion dv2 laptop. I’m taking it apart in order to replace the motherboard.

HP Pavilion dv2 motherboard comes with the processor attached to it and the motherboard is not very expensive. If the motherboardfailed it might make sense to repair the laptop.

Make sure the laptop is turned off before you start taking it apart.

STEP 1.

Remove laptop battery.

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STEP 2.

Loosen five screws securing covers on the bottom of the laptop. Lift up and remove all covers.

STEP 3.

Under these covers you can access the hard drive, memory module, wireless card.

NOTE: HP Pavilion dv2 laptop has only ONE memory slot.

It’s not necessary to remove the memory module and wireless card for the purpose of my guide. I’ll leave them connected to the laptop.

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STEP 4.

Remove four screws securing the hard drive mounting bracket.

STEP 5.

Slide the hard drive assembly to the left to disconnect it from the connector on the motherboard.

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STEP 6.

Lift up and remove the hard drive assembly.

If you are replacing the hard drive you’ll have to transfer the mounting bracket to the new drive.

You can use any 2.5″ SATA hard drive.

STEP 7.

Remove two screws from the bottom. These screws securing the laptop keyboard.

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STEP 8.

Lift up the upper side of the keyboard and move it towards the screen.

STEP 9.

Here’s where to find the keyboard cable connector.

It’s necessary to unlock the connector and release the cable before removing the keyboard.

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STEP 10.

In order to unlock the connector you’ll have to lift up the left side of the locking tab with your fingernail.

The locking tab will open up at a 90 degree angle.

It must remain connected to the brown connector base.

STEP 11.

On the following picture the same connector shown in the unlocked position.

Now you can pull the cable from the connector.

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STEP 12.

Remove the keyboard.

Here you can find new replacement keyboards for HP Pavilion dv2 laptops.

STEP 13.

Remove screws from the bottom of the laptop.

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STEP 14.

Remove screws securing the top cover assembly.

Disconnect the touchpad cable.

You disconnect the touchpad cable same way as the keyboard cable.

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STEP 15.

Remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 16.

Here’s a view on the laptop with the top cover assembly removed.

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STEP 17.

Remove three screws securing the cooling fan.

Unplug the cooling fan cable from the motherboard.

STEP 18.

Lift up and remove the fan.

New fans for HP Pavilion dv2 laptops available here.

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STEP 19.

Remove five screws securing the side cover.

STEP 20.

Remove the side cover.

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STEP 21.

Disconnect the RJ-45 (LAN) jack cable from the motherboard.

STEP 22.

Lift up and remove the RJ-45 (LAN) jack assembly.

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STEP 23.

Disconnect two antenna cables from the wireless card.

STEP 24.

Disconnect the video cable connector from the motherboard.

The video cable connector located close to the wireless card on the bottom of the laptop.

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STEP 25.

Remove one screw from the VGA connector.

STEP 26.

Remove all screws securing the motherboard.

Disconnect the following cables from the motherboard:

1. Bloetooth module cable.

2. Speaker cable.

3. DC power jack cable.4. Webcam/microphone cable.

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Here’s how to unplug the Bluetooth and speaker cables.

Here’s how to unplug the webcam/microphone cable.

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Here’s how to unplug the DC jack cable.

STEP 27.

Start removing the motherboard from the left side.

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STEP 28.

Carefully lift up the motherboard. There is one more cable to disconnect on the right side.

This is the switch board (on/off button) cable.

Unplug the switch board cable.

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STEP 29.

Now you can remove the motherboard from the laptop.

Here’s the laptop bottom cover with the following components still attached:

- Speaker.

- DC power jack.

- Switch board aka Power button board aka on/off button board.

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On the bottom side of the motherboard you can access the CMOS battery and heatsink

As I mentioned before, the processor (CPU) is soldered to the motherboard. It cannot be removed, upgraded or replaced.

Here’s where I found a brand new replacement motherboard for HP Pavilion dv2 laptop for less than $70.

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7 Responses to “How to disassemble HP Pavilion dv2 laptop”

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austine Says: May 15th, 2012 at 6:19 am

hi i have an hp dv6 laptop the power jack is showing orange color light but is not charging and even if i remove the battery the

laptop is not coming on, please i need an urgent solution……….

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John Says: July 2nd, 2012 at 6:42 am

wow wonderful article

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Nia Says: July 12th, 2012 at 11:27 am

hi, i got this laptop and its broken only after 1 year i used. same problem like austine. can power on but screen not showing up. sofade up, i lock it in box. not open it almost 1 and half year now :{ its cost a lot money to take it repaired at shop. wishing for

miracle hoping maybe u can help,please..should i change the motherboard only?

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Laptop Tech Says: July 12th, 2012 at 12:30 pm

@ Nia,

can power on but screen not showing up.

That’s exactly the problem I had with my laptop.

1. Try replacing memory. Could be just bad memory module.2. If replacing the memory doesn’t help, try replacing the motherboard. It’s about $70-80 on eBay.

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Karl Says: December 17th, 2012 at 3:49 am

Thanks for this tutorial. Love my dv2 for it’s size but the hard drive is making noise and I am thinking about replacing it and thefan. I want to use the laptop for a home recording studio and the thing makes too much noise! The microphone will pick it up no

matter how I try to mask it.

Thanks.

Karl

6Richard Says: August 5th, 2013 at 7:52 am

how to do to remove the keyboard, i am not able to pull it, it looks like its going to break

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Laptop Tech Says:

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August 8th, 2013 at 1:51 pm

@ Richard,

how to do to remove the keyboard, i am not able to pull it, it looks like its going to break

Make sure all keyboard screws removed on the bottom of the laptop.Also, it’s possible the keyboard secured to the top cover with double sticky tape.

Lift it up slowly.

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