HP Pavilion G6-1d16dx Motherboard Replacement

Introducción

This guide aims to teach you how to replace a motherboard, a necessary step if your computer has overheated and shorted the board. It is a fairly complex process, but through clean pictures and concise steps it should help guide you through the process.

Qué necesitas

Paso 1 Battery

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Flip the computer so that the bottom side is facing up, and locate the battery above the screen hinges.

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Paso 2

Slide the switch under the battery compartment to release the battery.

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Paso 3

Remove the battery.
The battery will have popped out of the compartment when it was released.

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Paso 4 Motherboard

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Unscrew the two silver screws holding the protective cover in place until they make a clicking noise.
The screws do not remove from the cover.

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Paso 5

Unsnap the Cover by lifting the edge along the battery compartment.
Remove all of the body screws.
Remove the rubber cap and the screw underneath it.

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Paso 6

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The keyboard is held in by nine tabs
Using a metal tool, depress the center tab and pry up the keyboard by pivoting the tool towards the screen.

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Paso 7

Slide the tool that is now under the keyboard sideways along the edge and use another tool to depress the other tabs along the edge of the keyboard.
As you depress the tabs, the edges of the keyboard will pop up.
Lift off the keyboard

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Paso 8

Flip up the black tab holding the keyboard in place via the ribbon cable and pull out the cable

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Paso 9

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Remove the two remaining ribbon cables.
Remove the screws holding in the protective cover underneath the keyboard.
Pop the cover off using any flat metal tool, starting with where you took out the optical drive
It will be very sticky near the edge closest to the screen. This is where the sticker in the battery compartment is stuck to. just use a little more force.