This is an official HP Pavilion DV8000 Maintenance and Service Guide as used by professional technician to maintain and repair the HP Pavilion DV8000 Notebook PC.

This guide is a troubleshooting reference used for maintaining
and servicing the computer. It provides comprehensive
information on identifying computer features, components, and
spare parts; troubleshooting computer problems; and performing
computer disassembly procedures.

Table Of Contents:
1 Product Description
1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.2 Resetting the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.3 Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.4 External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.5 Design Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
2 Troubleshooting
2.1 Computer Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Accessing Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Computer Setup Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting from the File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting from the Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting from the Tools Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting from the Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.2 Troubleshooting Flowcharts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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3 Illustrated Parts Catalog
3.1 Serial Number Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.2 Computer Major Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.3 Display Assembly Subcomponents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
3.4 Plastics Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
3.5 Cable Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
3.6 Mass Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
3.7 Miscellaneous (Not Illustrated). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
3.8 Sequential Part Number Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
4 Removal and Replacement Preliminaries
4.1 Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.2 Service Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Plastic Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cables and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.3 Preventing Damage to Removable Drives . . . . . . . . 43
4.4 Preventing Electrostatic Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.5 Packaging and Transporting Precautions . . . . . . . . . 45
4.6 Workstation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.7 Grounding Equipment and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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5 Removal and Replacement Procedures
5.1 Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.2 Disassembly Sequence Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.3 Preparing the Computer for Disassembly . . . . . . . . . 55
5.4 Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.5 Computer Feet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
5.6 Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
5.7 Mini PCI Communications Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
5.8 RTC Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
5.9 Optical Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
5.10 Switch Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
5.11 Keyboard Assembly Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
5.12 LED Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
5.13 Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
5.14 Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
5.15 Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
5.16 System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
5.17 Bluetooth Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
5.18 Modem Connector Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
5.19 USB Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
5.20 Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
5.21 Heat Sink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
5.22 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
5.23 Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
5.24 PC Card Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
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6 Specifications
A Connector Pin Assignments
B Power Cord Set Requirements
C Screw Listing
D Display Component Recycling