global Laptop and motherboard repair tutorial | Page 26

Hopefully you now have removed the hinge covers/media panel
and keyboard from the laptop.
You need to pay attention here… When removing the media strip above the keyboard, you
MUST be careful not to pull any cables in the process.
I will give you an example.
This HP DV6000 laptops media strip has 2 fragile black ribbon cables attached to it and a fragile
speaker plug wire, these need to be disconnected before you can remove the part, and if you pull to
aggressively you will damage the cables.
With these parts removed, you will first look for any screws in the empty keyboard bay on the
palm rest. There are typically 1 to 6 screws here, also look everywhere else on the upper half for
screws and remove all. The screen will get removed now as well. You will unplug all wires or
cables coming out of the screen. These will include the display cable, the Wi-Fi antenna wires, the
Webcam cable, Microphone cable and any other that might be there. The Wi-Fi cables will also be
placed in a track along the upper palm rest and you will un-track these and pull the ends through from
the bottom side. Unscrew the display hinges to release the screen from the lower half of the laptop
and it should now pull away freely. Note that some laptops will attach the display cable differently
the most common type of cable plug is one that pulls straight upward to release the cable, yet, other
types will need to be pried outward from their casing port. You will need to determine yours and
slowly unplug the cable. If it gives any resistance, you should double check to ensure you are
removing it correctly. The ones that pull outward will always have a pulling plastic tab attached to
them to help you easily pull it apart. With the screen hopefully removed now, you will again look
over the entire palm rest for any remaining screws.
Let me also say here that on models such as the HP dv6000 you will have to remove the 2 Riser
screws that are located on the bottom side and exactly next to the Wireless card port, these need to be