Fixing a HP/Compaq laptop yourself? Need some help with taking the laptop apart? Here are links to manuals with step-by-step disassembly instructions. All these manuals are available from the HP website.
Here’s how to get the manual:
1. Follow the link
2. Select your model
3. Go to manuals
4. Find the maintenance and service guide and open it up (pdf file, some of them are huge)
5. Go to Removal and Replacement procedures chapter, you’ll find disassembly instructions in there
Manuals for the following Compaq Armada Notebook PC series. Get maintenance and service guide.
Compaq Armada 110, Compaq Armada 110s, Compaq Armada 1100, Compaq Armada 1500, Compaq Armada 1500c, Compaq Armada 1700, Compaq Armada 1750, Compaq Armada 3500, Compaq Armada 4100, Compaq Armada 4200, Compaq Armada 6500, Armada 7300, Compaq rmada 7400, Compaq Armada 7700, Compaq Armada 7800, Compaq Armada e500, Compaq Armada e500s, Compaq Armada E700, Compaq Armada m300, Compaq Armada m700, Compaq Armada SB, Compaq Armada V300
Manuals for the following Compaq Evo Notebook PC series. Get maintenance and service guide.
Compaq Evo n150, Compaq Evo n160, Compaq Evo n180, Compaq Evo n400c, Compaq Evo n410c, Compaq Evo n600c, Compaq Evo n610c, Compaq Evo n610v, Compaq Evo n620c, Compaq Evo n800c, Compaq Evo n800v, Compaq Evo n800w, Compaq Evo n1000c, Compaq Evo n1000v, Compaq Evo n1005v, Compaq Evo n1010v, Compaq Evo n1015v, Compaq Evo n1020v, Compaq Evo n1050v, Compaq Evo n200, Compaq Evo n110, Compaq vo n115
Manuals for the following HP Compaq Notebook PC series. Get maintenance and service guide.
HP Compaq 2400, HP Compaq 4400, HP Compaq 6100, HP Compaq 6200, HP Compaq 6300, HP Compaq 6305, HP Compaq 7400, HP Compaq 8200, HP Compaq 8400, HP Compaq 9400, HP Compaq nc4000, HP Compaq nc4010, HP Compaq nc4200, HP Compaq nc6000, HP Compaq nc6400, HP Compaq nc8000, HP Compaq nw8000, HP Compaq nw8240, HP Compaq nx4300, HP Compaq nx4800, HP Compaq nx4820, HP Compaq nx5000, HP Compaq nx6130, HP Compaq nx7000, HP Compaq nx7010, HP Compaq nx7100, HP Compaq nx7200, HP Compaq nx7220, HP Compaq nx7300, HP Compaq nx9000, HP Compaq nx9005, HP Compaq nx9008, HP Compaq nx9010, HP Compaq nx9020, HP Compaq nx9030, HP Compaq nx9040, HP Compaq nx9100, HP Compaq nx9105, HP Compaq nx9110, HP Compaq nx9500, HP Compaq nx9500A, HP Compaq nx9600
Manuals for the following HP Pavilion Notebook PC series. Get maintenance and service guide.
HP Pavilion de2000, HP Pavilion dv1000, HP Pavilion dv2000, HP Pavilion dv4000, HP Pavilion dv5000, HP Pavilion dv6000, HP Pavilion dv8000m, HP Pavilion dv9000, HP Pavilion n Notebook PC series, HP Pavilion tx1000, HP Pavilion xf Notebook PC series, HP Pavilion xh Notebook PC series, HP Pavilion xt Notebook PC series, HP Pavilion xu Notebook PC series, HP Pavilion xz Notebook PC series, HP Pavilion zd7000, HP Pavilion zd8000, HP Pavilion ze1000, HP Pavilion ze2000, HP Pavilion ze4000, HP Pavilion ze5000, HP Pavilion zt1000, HP Pavilion zt3000, HP Pavilion zu1000, HP Pavilion zv5000, HP Pavilion zv6000, HP Pavilion zx5000
Manuals for the following HP Presario Notebook PC series. Get maintenance and service guide.
Compaq Presario 300, Compaq Presario 700, Compaq Presario 800, Compaq Presario 900, Compaq Presario 1000, Compaq Presario 1100, Compaq Presario 1200, Compaq Presario 1400, Compaq Presario 1500, Compaq Presario 1600, Compaq Presario 1700, Compaq Presario 1800, Compaq Presario 1900, Compaq Presario 2100, Compaq Presario 2200, Compaq Presario 2500, Compaq Presario 2700, Compaq Presario 2800, Compaq Presario 3000, Compaq Presario B1000, Compaq Presario B2000, Compaq Presario B3000, Compaq Presario C300, Compaq Presario C500, Compaq Presario F500, Compaq Presario M2000, Compaq Presario R3000, Compaq Presario R4000, Compaq Presario V1000, Compaq Presario V2000, Compaq Presario V3000, Compaq Presario V4000, Compaq Presario V5000, Compaq Presario V6000, Compaq Presario X1000, Compaq Presario X1100, Compaq Presario X1200, Compaq Presario X1300, Compaq Presario X1400, Presario X1500, Compaq Presario X6000
Manuals for the following HP Special Edition Notebook PCs. Get maintenance and service guide.
Special Edition L2000 CTO Notebook PC, Special Edition L2005A3, Special Edition L2005A4, Special Edition L2005CL, Special Edition L2005CM, Special Edition L2005CO, Special Edition L2005CU, Special Edition L2005CX, Special Edition L2005US, Special Edition L2098XX, Special Edition L2099XX, Special Edition L2105CA, Special Edition L2105CL, Special Edition L2105NR, Special Edition L2205NR, Special Edition L2300 CTO Notebook PC, Special Edition L2310CU
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September 3rd, 2008 at 4:11 am
no as soon as it starts i cant see anything. safe mode or anything else = no.
ill try external monitor later today cause right now i dont have time.
now what im thinking is that one of my younger brothers or sisters may have gotten a hold of it and screwed up the lcd somehow. maybe opened it too hard. stuff like that. and i can always just get a monitor for it anyway if external works.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:46 pm
corey,
Can you see Compaq logo when you turn on the laptop? If your laptop has a screen like that right from the startup and you cannot see normal Compaq logo, your problem is not related to Windows, something else is going on.
In order to narrow down the problem you’ll have to test external video.
If both internal and external video have the same video problem, it could be bad video card.
If this problem appears only on the internal screen but external video works fine, it could be bad LCD screen or video cable.
If your laptop starts fine and you can see the Compaq logo, but video fails after Windows starts loading, it could be software issue. Try booting the laptop in Safe mode. Can you?
August 31st, 2008 at 9:19 am
i have a presario v1700. and its been having problems with the video. whenever i turn it on all i see is different colors or black with white lines. it seems as though the computer works fine its just that the lcd is having problems showing the display.
im wondering if it had to do with dynamic link library being deleted. me and my brother were trying to free up memory on it since it only has 2gb on it and this took up most of the space and he deleted it than slowly the display started going out until you couldnt even get past the startup screen.
ive been trying to see if it works with external monitor but i havent figured out exactly how that works. havent had too much experience with laptops before. but i dont need help with that. ill figure it out sometime.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Joseph Santos,
I doubt that you can do this kind of repair at home unless you have proper equipment and a lot of soldering experience.
Apparently one of the connectors (on motherboard or video card) has a cracked solder joint and has to be resolered. I’ve never done it myself because my soldering experience is limited to power jack replacement.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:19 am
how do you fix connector problem between video card and laptop motherboard in compaq presario x1000 model. it works only when pressing on the video card area. i think the video card is okay.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Mark,
Did you try basic stuff like starting the laptop from AC when the battery is removed and then starting it without hard drive installed? Did you try reconnecting memory modules?
You said the power light is on. Will it flicker if you wiggle the power plug inside the jack?
August 11th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
I have a HP Pavilion ZD8000 was working fine until I powered it up one evening and it went off by it’s self, and the power cord did not appear to be working (no light on the brick) so I bought a new brick and that does have the light on but the computer does not come on. The power light is on on the front of the computer and another light flashes 3 times when I push the power button to turn it on but nothing happens. Have any ideas?
Mark
August 7th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Thank you very much! I needed to replace the hinges, and i was looking for something that could help to open the computer. And this is what i needed!
July 8th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I have a hp Compac nx6110, I can not log on because the the key pay is not responding when I depress the ctrl,alt,delete keys can some one help please,
Thaks,
KT
June 15th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
SORRY! My preceding comment was hasty. Not all models have Maintenance and Service Guides offered (the two I was looking for didn’t). But… you can try another model which may offer it. Then after downloading it, compare the diagrams for similiarities with your model for disassembly. Close enough to do the job. I searched under my model # and turned up one bogus hit, but a general search (no model #) turned up quite a few to choose from. My model was a Pavillion ze1115. Yeah, I know, most of you already figured this out. Thanks again.