How do I open my laptop?

[Arunar]

I recently noticed a fan on the bottom of my HP Pavilion dv6000 and thought how nice it would be if it was an LED fan instead. The problem is I have never opened a laptop before. I know the first things to come off are the screens and the keyboard, but I see no way of getting them off. Thanks in advanced.

You can't change the fan anyway, it is a custom item. And your post
suggests that if you really try to do this, the most likely outcome is
that you would do hundreds of dollars worth of damage in an unsuccessful
attempt.


Arunar wrote:
> I recently noticed a fan on the bottom of my HP Pavilion dv6000 and
> thought how nice it would be if it was an LED fan instead. The problem
> is I have never opened a laptop before. I know the first things to come
> off are the screens and the keyboard, but I see no way of getting them
> off. Thanks in advanced.
>
>
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[davy]

See if this link helps.... HP DV6000 manual click Maintenance and service guide at the bottom of the first section, it's a pdf file format.

davy

[Arunar]

[quote=Barry Watzman;732129]You can't change the fan anyway, it is a custom item. And your post
suggests that if you really try to do this, the most likely outcome is
that you would do hundreds of dollars worth of damage in an unsuccessful
attempt.

It's not that I'm not experienced in working on computers and that I'm dumb enough to try to rip something out; It's the fact that I haven't worked on a laptop before. I don't mean to sound like a know it all saying this but I have a lot of experience working with computers. On a different note thanks for telling me it is a custom part. Now i wont waste my time opening it up to find this out. Thank you Davy for the link I will have use for it I'm sure.

"davy" <davy.3clk5x@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> See if this link helps.... 'HP DV6000 manual'
> (http://www.generalmanual.com/Noteboo...00t-series.htm)
> click Maintenance and service guide at the bottom of the first section,
> it's a pdf file format.
>

Manual or not, if the OP has no experience of taking a laptop apart, it
would be unwise of him to try.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[davy]

I can't see what damage you can do changing a fan if its the same current consumption, they usually draw about 120 to 180mA and usually 12V dc rated.

What is equally important is the amount of air that it can shift and the direction of rotation of the blades... we want the air moving in the same direction, some fans have a taco pulse on that senses the rotation speed all this has to be taken in consideration meaning that it'll be a 3 wire plug, the taco usually the middle wire, led's only take a few mA of current at around 2 Volts or so.

davy