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Another note there are also screw ping circle to remove!

On step 15 wait to remove screw with blue circle and SPECIALLY screw with yellow circle. UPDATE: Thanks to Just a Guy (comment 6): Remove all marked screws from the bottom. New replacement keyboards available here. Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector. On this picture the connector is shown in the unlocked position. The retainer will open up at a 90 degree angle.

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In the following two steps I explain how to unlock the keyboard connector and release the cable.Ĭarefully lift up the left side of the connector retainer with your fingernail. Move the keyboard towards the display assembly so you can access the cable connector underneath. This button located in the battery compartment, on the left side from the battery connector.Īfter that you should be able to lift up the upper side of the keyboard. Slide the keyboard release button to the left. Remove two screws securing the keyboard on the bottom. Pull the DVD drive to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard. Installing a solid state drive will speed up your laptop significantly.

I recommend upgrading this regular (slow) hard drive to a 2.5″ SATA solid state drive. Lift up and remove the hard drive assembly. Unplug the hard drive cable from the motherboard. Remove screws securing the hard drive assembly. HP Pavilion dv7 has a bay for the second hard drive but in my case I had only one hard drive installed. This laptop can handle up to 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-12800 SODIMM memory modules. – both memory modules ( I’ll leave them connected to the motherboard). Under the bottom hatch you can access the following internal components: Loosen five screws securing the bottom hatch. New replacement batteries available here. In order to do so it’s necessary remove the palmrest assembly (STEPS 1-19), separate the display panel from the body (STEP 20-25) and only after that disassemble the display and replace the LCD (STEP 33-48).Īlso, I show how to remove the motherboard and access the cooling fan (STEPS 26-32) but it’s not necessary to go though these steps in order to replace the LCD. It’s not easy to replace the LCD on this HP laptop. My target is replacing the damaged screen but I’ll do a few extra steps and show how to disassemble the entire laptop.

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You’ll find links to other guide at the end of this post.Īs you see I have a cracked screen. If your laptop doesn’t look like one shown in this guide, check out my other guides. READ THIS: I found that HP Pavilion dv7 come in different body types.

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I believe this guide should work for the all dv7-4000 series too. In this particular case I’m taking apart a HP Pavilion dv7-4177NR model. This is my second guide for HP Pavilion dv7 series.

Maglite disassembly instructions