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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July 21st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Compaq evo n160, would only turn on once in a blue moon, then would switch off without warning, at random. Does not turn on at all at present.
One light comes on on the laptop (the one saying the charger is plugged into the laptop). Battery charging light does not come on.
Tried with memory, without memory, different slots, different memory. Tried battery only, PSU + battery, PSU only, also tried above with hard drive removed.
Nothing happens!
Its a new battery (it did manage to charge it a bit once when it was turned on, and stayed on for a hour or so) but also tried the original old battery. Its also a new psu, which is putting out 19v with the right amperage for that model.
When it did power up, it worked fine until it turned off instantly after a random amount of time.
Courier did let it fall out of the van on delivery, so put in a courier claim, but looking to find out the probably part that needs fixing/replacing.
Nothing happens when power button pressed. Tried leaving it unplugged, without battery for hours, no joy. Tried removing the bios battery, and leaving it unplugged for ages, before putting battery back. No joy.
Any suggestions?
July 20th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Andrew,
I would try reinstalling the operating system first but adding extra RAM never hurts.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
im having problem with nx7010 with the power
July 15th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Thanks for the help!
Well, after clearing away a bunch of running programs, some other stuff started connecting properly again (though it still doesn’t read my burned back-up DVDs), so I’m going to try a RAM upgrade first, but I’ll keep your advice in mind!
July 13th, 2007 at 7:17 am
The problem with the hp’s is not the cable. there is a small aluminum piece in the laptops screen. what happens is over time, the little plastic piece that covers the voltage converter slides over. then the aluminum piece ends up touching the back side of the plastic piece where the wires go in. all you have to do is take apart the monitor and slide the piece back over and its fixed. i just did it on my nc8000 that was having the same problem for a while. My screen would go out if the screen was moved but you could still see it a very little bit. Hope this helps.
July 8th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Andrew,
I think this could be a software related problem.
The laptop “sees” your USB mouse, so most likely there is nothing wrong with USB ports. The laptop can play CDs and DVDs, so most likely there is nothing wrong with the optical drive or the motherboard controller.
You can try this.
1. Using System Restore revert the operating system back to the time when it was working properly. If it doesn’t help, go to the next step.
2. Backup all important personal files and reinstall the operating system from scratch.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Hello,
My Presario R3000 over the past week has been unable to connect through USB to my digital camera or External Hard Drive (from any USB port), won’t read a 1 Gig SD card through the card reader (it shows up in my ‘My Computer’ directory, but tells me to ‘insert a disk into drive F’ when I double-click on it), and refused to read a blank DVD (for backing-up my files).
At the same time, however, it DOES allow my to use my USB-connected mouse, and will let me play CDs and DVDs.
Do you have any idea what’s going on? I’m at a complete loss.
July 5th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Zoran,
Unfortunately, HP doesn’t provide instructions on replacing internal display components. Take a look at Toshiba instructions at http://www.irisvista.com and read through a few display disassembly guides. It might help you.
July 4th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Hello,
I have a problem with my LCD on HP nx9030. When I move my LCD back and forth, my screen goes blank although my computer is working. I have to restart to start it working again. Recently I found out the the problem is the cable going from my LCD to the main board. How can i replace the cable?
BR,
Zoran
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Emma,
Could be bad memory. Try reseating the memory modules first and if it doesn’t help, test the laptop with a working memory module.
Also, remove the hard drive and try starting the laptop without it. Sometimes a faulty hard drive can halt the entire system. If you get video on the screen without the hard drive installed, but no video with the hard drive, most likely this is your problem.