HP Pavilion DV6-6090 Manual

HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
Maintenance and Service Guide

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First Edition: March 2011
Document Part Number: 635489-001

Safety warning notice
WARNING! To reduce the possibility of heat-related injuries or of overheating the device, do not
place the device directly on your lap or obstruct the device air vents. Use the device only on a hard, flat
surface. Do not allow another hard surface, such as an adjoining optional printer, or a soft surface,
such as pillows or rugs or clothing, to block airflow. Also, do not allow the AC adapter to contact the
skin or a soft surface, such as pillows or rugs or clothing, during operation. The device and the AC
adapter comply with the user-accessible surface temperature limits defined by the International
Standard for Safety of Information Technology Equipment (IEC 60950).
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Table of contents
1 Product description ........................................................................................................... 1
2 External component identification ..................................................................................... 8
Display ................................................................................................................................... 8
Buttons, speakers, and fingerprint reader (select models only) ........................................................ 9
Keys ..................................................................................................................................... 10
Lights .................................................................................................................................... 11
TouchPad .............................................................................................................................. 12
Front ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Rear ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Left side ................................................................................................................................ 14
Right side .............................................................................................................................. 15
Bottom .................................................................................................................................. 16
3 Illustrated parts catalog .................................................................................................. 17
Service tag ............................................................................................................................ 17
Computer major components ................................................................................................... 19
Cable Kit .............................................................................................................................. 27
Display assembly subcomponents ............................................................................................. 28
Mass storage devices ............................................................................................................. 30
Miscellaneous parts ................................................................................................................ 31
Sequential part number listing .................................................................................................. 32
4 Removal and replacement procedures ............................................................................ 43
Preliminary replacement requirements ....................................................................................... 43
Tools required ......................................................................................................... 43
Service considerations ............................................................................................. 43
Plastic parts ............................................................................................. 43
Cables and connectors ............................................................................. 43
Drive handling ......................................................................................... 44
Grounding guidelines .............................................................................................. 44
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Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 44
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 46
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 48
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 48
Computer feet ......................................................................................................... 49
Battery ................................................................................................................... 50
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 51
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 54
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 56
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 57
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 58
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 61
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 65
Power button board ................................................................................................. 69
Fingerprint reader board .......................................................................................... 71
Bluetooth module .................................................................................................... 73
USB board ............................................................................................................. 75
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 76
System board ......................................................................................................... 78
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 82
Processor ............................................................................................................... 86
Speakers ................................................................................................................ 90
Optical drive connector cable ................................................................................... 93
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 94
5 Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics .................................................................. 102
Using Setup Utility ................................................................................................................ 102
Starting Setup Utility .............................................................................................. 102
Changing the language of Setup Utility .................................................................... 102
Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility .................................................................. 103
Displaying system information .................................................................................103
Restoring factory settings in Setup Utility ...................................................................104
Exiting Setup Utility ............................................................................................... 104
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................ 104
Determining the BIOS version .................................................................. 105
Downloading a BIOS update ................................................................... 105
Using System Diagnostics ...................................................................................................... 106
6 Specifications ............................................................................................................... 107
Computer specifications ........................................................................................................ 107
15.6-inch display specifications ............................................................................................. 108
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Hard drive specifications ...................................................................................................... 109
Hard drive specifications (continued) ...................................................................................... 110
7 Backup and recovery .................................................................................................... 111
Restore ............................................................................................................................... 111
Creating restore media ......................................................................................................... 112
Performing a system restore ................................................................................................... 113
Restoring using the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ........................... 113
Restoring using the restore media ............................................................................ 114
Changing the computer boot order .......................................................................... 114
Backing up and recovering your information ........................................................................... 115
Using Windows Backup and Restore ....................................................................... 116
Using Windows system restore points ...................................................................... 116
When to create restore points .................................................................. 116
Create a system restore point ................................................................... 117
Restore to a previous date and time .......................................................... 117
8 Power cord set requirements ........................................................................................ 118
Requirements for all countries ................................................................................................ 118
Requirements for specific countries and regions ....................................................................... 119
9 Recycling ...................................................................................................................... 120
Battery ................................................................................................................................ 120
Display ............................................................................................................................... 120
Index ............................................................................................................................... 126
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1 Product description
Category Description Computer models
equipped with an
AMD processor
Computer models
equipped with an
Intel processor
Product Name HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC √√
Processors AMD Athlon II N370 2.50-GHz processor (1.0-MB
L2 cache, 1066-MHz, 3.2GT/sec, dual core, 35 W)
√
AMD Athlon II P360 2.30-GHz processor (1.0-MB
L2 cache, 1066-MHz, 3.2GT/sec, dual core, 25 W)
√
AMD Athlon II P340 2.20-GHz processor (1.0-MB
L2 cache, 1066-MHz, 3.2GT/sec, dual core, 25 W)
√
AMD Phenom II N970 2.20-GHz processor (2.0-MB
L2 cache, 1333-MHz, 3.6GT/sec, quad core, 35 W)
√
AMD Phenom II N870 2.30-GHz processor (1.5-MB
L2 cache, 1333-MHz, 3.6GT/sec, triple core, 35 W)
√
AMD Phenom II N850 2.20-GHz processor (1.5-MB
L2 cache, 1333-MHz, 3.6GT/sec, triple core, 35 W)
√
AMD Phenom II N660 3.00-GHz processor (2.0-MB
L2 cache, 1333-MHz, 3.6GT/sec, dual core, 35 W)
√
AMD Phenom II P960 1.80-GHz processor (2.0-MB
L2 cache, 1066-MHz, 3.6GT/sec, quad core, 25 W)
√
AMD Phenom II P860 2.00-GHz processor (1.5-MB
L2 cache, 1333-MHz, 3.6GT/sec, triple core, 25 W)
√
AMD Phenom II P650 2.60-GHz processor (2.0-MB
L2 cache, 1066-MHz, 3.6GT/sec, triple core, 25 W)
√
AMD Turion II P570 2.70-GHz processor (2.0-MB
L2 cache, 1066-MHz, 3.6GT/sec, dual core, 35 W)
√
AMD Turion II P560 2.50-GHz processor (2.0-MB
L2 cache, 1066-MHz, 3.6GT/sec, dual core, 25 W)
√
Intel Core i7-2820M 2.30-GHz (SC turbo up to 3.10-
GHz) processor (8.0-MB L3 cache, quad core, 45 W)
√
Intel Core i7-2720M 2.20-GHz (SC turbo up to 3.00-
GHz) processor (6.0-MB L3 cache, quad core, 45 W)
√
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Category Description Computer models
equipped with an
AMD processor
Computer models
equipped with an
Intel processor
Intel Core i7-2630M 2.00-GHz (SC turbo up to 2.90-
GHz) processor (6.0-MB L3 cache, quad core, 45 W)
√
Intel Core i7-2620M 2.70-GHz (SC turbo up to 3.40-
GHz) processor (4.0-MB L3 cache, dual core, 35 W)
√
Intel Core i5-2540M 2.60-GHz (SC turbo up to 3.30-
GHz) processor (3.0-MB L3 cache, dual core, 35 W)
√
Intel Core i5-2520M 2.50-GHz (SC turbo up to 3.20-
GHz) processor (3.0-MB L3 cache, dual core, 35 W)
√
Intel Core i5-2410M 2.30-GHz (SC turbo up to 2.90-
GHz) processor (3.0-MB L3 cache, dual core, 35 W)
√
Intel Core i3-2310M 2.10-GHz processor (3.0-MB
L3 cache, dual core, 35 W)
√
Chipset Northbridge: AMD RS880MD
Southbridge: AMD SB820M
√
Intel® HM65 Express chipset √
Graphics Internal graphics: ATi Mobility Radeon™ HD 4250
graphics supporting DX10.1
Switchable discrete graphics:
●ATi XT Radeon HD 6650M M2 package with
1024-MB of graphics subsystem discrete memory
(64-MB × 16 DDR3 @ 900MHz × 8 PCs), 128-
bit muxless
●ATi XT Radeon HD 6470M M2 package with
512-MB of graphics subsystem discrete memory
(64-MB × 16 DDR3 @ 900MHz × 4 PCs), 64-
bit muxless
√
Internal graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Switchable discrete graphics:
●ATI XT Radeon HD 6770M M2 package with
1024-MB of graphics subsystem discrete memory
(32-MB × 32 GDDR5 × 8 PCs, 5GBPS), muxless,
with reserve space for 2-GB graphics
subsystem memory
●ATi XT Radeon HD 6490M M2 package with
1024-MB of graphics subsystem discrete memory
(64-MB × 32 GDDR5 × 4 PCs, 5GBPS), with a
maximum of 1-GB of graphics subsystem
memory, muxless
√
Support DX11, HD decode, and HDMI √√
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