HP Pavilion zd8000 - Notebook PC Manual

Maintenance and Service
Guide
HP Pavilion zd8000 Notebook PC
Document Part Number: 372712-001
January 2005
This guide is a troubleshooting reference used for maintaining
and servicing the notebook. It provides comprehensive
information on identifying notebook features, components, and
spare parts; troubleshooting notebook problems; and performing
notebook disassembly procedures.

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Maintenance and Service Guide
HP Pavilion zd8000 Notebook PC
First Edition January 2005
Document Part Number: 372712-001

Maintenance and Service Guide iii
Contents
1 Product Description
1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.2 Resetting the Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
1.3 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
1.4 External Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
1.5 Design Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18
2 Troubleshooting
2.1 Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
2.2 Troubleshooting Flowcharts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
3 Illustrated Parts Catalog
3.1 Serial Number Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
3.2 Notebook Major Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
3.3 Miscellaneous Plastics Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8
3.4 Mass Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
3.5 Media Center Edition Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10
3.6 Miscellaneous (Not Illustrated) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
3.7 Sequential Part Number Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14
4 Removal and Replacement Preliminaries
4.1 Tools Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
4.2 Service Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
4.3 Preventing Damage to Removable Drives . . . . . . . . 4–3
4.4 Preventing Electrostatic Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
4.5 Packaging and Transporting Precautions . . . . . . . . . 4–5
4.6 Workstation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
4.7 Grounding Equipment and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7

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5 Removal and Replacement Procedures
5.1 Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
5.2 Disassembly Sequence Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
5.3 Preparing the Notebook for Disassembly . . . . . . . . 5–5
5.4 Notebook Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10
5.5 Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10
5.6 Memory Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–12
5.7 Mini PCI Communications Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15
5.8 Switch Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17
5.9 LED Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–19
5.10 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21
5.11 Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–26
5.12 Top Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–30
5.13 Infrared Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–36
5.14 Audio/USB Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–38
5.15 Bluetooth Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–40
5.16 System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–42
5.17 Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–49
5.18 Digital Drive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–52
5.19 Base Enclosure Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–54
5.20 Modem Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–56
5.21 Heat Sink Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–58
5.22 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–60
6 Specifications
A Connector Pin Assignments
B Power Cord Set Requirements
C Screw Listing
Index

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1
Product Description
The HP Pavilion zd8000 Notebook PC offers advanced
modularity, Intel® Mobile Pentium® 4 processors, and extensive
multimedia support.
HP Pavilion zd8000 Notebook PC

1–2 Maintenance and Service Guide
Product Description
1.1 Features
■The following processors are available, varying by
notebook model:
❏Intel Pentium 4 560 (3.6-GHz) with 800-MHz front
side bus (FSB) with HT Technology
❏Intel Pentium 4 550 (3.4-GHz) with 800-MHz FSB with
HT Technology
❏Intel Pentium 4 540 (3.2-GHz) with 800-MHz FSB with
HT Technology
❏Intel Pentium 4 530 (3.0-GHz) with 800-MHz FSB with
HT Technology
❏Intel Pentium 4 520 (2.8-GHz) with 800-MHz FSB with
HT Technology
■The following displays are available, varying by
notebook model:
❏17.0-inch WSXGA+WVA (1680 × 1050) with
Brightview TFT display with over 16.7 million colors
❏17.0-inch WXGA+WVA (1440 × 900) with Brightview
TFT display with over 16.7 million colors
❏17.0-inch WXGA+WVA (1440 × 900) TFT display with
over 16.7 million colors
■100-, 80-, 60-, or 40-GB high-capacity hard drive, varying by
notebook model
■256-MB DDR2 synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) at 400 and
533 MHz, expandable to 2.0 GB
■Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition or Windows XP
Professional, varying by notebook model
■Full-size Windows keyboard with full-size numeric keypad
■TouchPad pointing device, including a dedicated vertical
scroll region and a button that enables/disables TouchPad
operation.
■Integrated 10 Base-T/100 Base-TX Ethernet local area
network (LAN) network interface card (NIC) with RJ-45 jack

Product Description
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■Integrated high-speed 56K modem with RJ-11 jack
■Integrated wireless support for Mini PCI IEEE 802.11b and
802.11b/g WLAN device
■Support for one Type II PC Card slot, with support for both
32-bit (CardBus) and 16-bit PC Cards
■External 180- and 135-watt AC adapter with 3-wire power
cord, varying by notebook model
■12-cell Li-Ion battery pack
■Stereo speakers with volume up, volume mute, and volume
down buttons
■Support for the following optical drives:
❏8X Max DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Combo Drive
❏24X Max DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
■Connectors:
❏External monitor
❏Universal Serial Bus (USB) v. 2.0 (four ports)
❏RJ-11 (modem)
❏RJ-45 (network)
❏Audio-out (headphone)
❏Audio-in (microphone)
❏Power
❏IEEE 1394 (select models only)
❏S-Video-out (select models only)
❏Infrared
❏Expansion port 2
❏Digital Media Slot
❏Digital drive bay
❏ExpressCard

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Product Description
1.2 Resetting the Notebook
If the notebook you are servicing has an unknown password,
follow these steps to clear the password. These steps also
clear CMOS:
1. Prepare the notebook for disassembly (refer to Section 5.3,
“Preparing the Notebook for Disassembly,” for more
information).
2. Remove the real time clock (RTC) battery (refer to
Section 5.16, “System Board,” for more information on
removing and replacing the RTC battery).
3. Wait approximately 5 minutes.
4. Replace the RTC battery and reassemble the notebook.
5. Connect AC power to the notebook. Do not reinsert any
battery packs at this time.
6. Turn on the notebook.
All passwords and all CMOS settings have been cleared.
1.3 Power Management
The notebook comes with power management features that
extend battery operating time and conserve power. The
notebook supports the following power management features:
■Standby
■Hibernation
■Setting customization by the user
■Hotkeys for setting the level of performance
■Battery calibration
■Lid switch standby/resume
■Power/standby button
■Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPM)
compliance

Product Description
Maintenance and Service Guide 1–5
1.4 External Components
The external components on the front of the notebook are shown
below and described in Table 1-1.
Front Components
Table 1-1
Front Components
Item Component Function
1 Display release latch Opens the notebook.
2 Stereo speakers (2) Produce stereo sound.
3 Power/standby light ■On: Notebook is turned on.
■Blinking: Notebook is in standby.
■Off: Notebook is off.
4Batterylight ■On: Battery pack is charging.
■Blinking: Battery pack has reached a
low-battery condition.
5 AC power light On: Notebook is receiving AC power.
6 Hard drive activity light On: A notebook drive is being accessed.

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Product Description
The external components on the right side of the notebook are
shown below and described in Table 1-2.
Right-Side Components
Table 1-2
Right-Side Components
Item Component Function
1 Digital Media Slot Supports the following optional digital
media: Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card,
Secure Digital Input/Output (SD I/O),
Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro,
MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card, and
SmartMedia card.
2 ExpressCard slot Supports an optional ExpressCard.
3 1394 port Connects an optional 1394a device such
as a scanner, digital camera, or digital
camcorder.

Product Description
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4 Expansion port 2 Connects to an optional notebook
expansion product.
5 PC Card eject button Ejects an optional PC Card from the
PC Card slot.
6 PC Card slot Supports an optional Type I or Type II 32-bit
(CardBus) or 16-bit PC Card.
Also serves as a storage location for the
optional mobile remote control.
7 Digital drive bay Supports an optional USB digital drive.
8 Digital drive eject
button
Ejects an optional USB digital drive from the
digital drive bay.
9 USB ports (2) Connect an optional 1.1- or 2.0-compliant
USB device.
10 RJ-11 (modem) jack Connects the modem cable.
11 RJ-45 (network) jack Connects an optional network cable.
12 Exhaust vent Provides airflow to cool internal
components.
ÄTo prevent overheating, do not
obstruct vents. Do not allow a hard
surface, such as a printer, or a soft
surface, such as pillows, thick rugs or
clothing, to block airflow.
Table 1-2
Right-Side Components
(Continued)
Item Component Function

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Product Description
The external components on the left side of the notebook are
shown below and described in Table 1-3.
Left-Side Components
Table 1-3
Left-Side Components
Item Component Function
1 Exhaust vent Provides airflow to cool internal
components.
ÄTo prevent overheating, do not
obstruct vents. Do not allow a hard
surface, such as a printer, or a soft
surface, such as pillows, thick rugs
or clothing, to block airflow.
2 USB port Connects an optional 1.1- or 2.0-compliant
USB device.
3Audio-in
(microphone) jack
Connects an optional monaural
microphone.
4Audio-out
(headphone) jack (2)
Connect optional headphones or powered
stereo speakers. Also connects the audio
function of an audio/video device such as
a television or VCR.
5 Optical drive Supports an optical disc. The type of
optical drive, such as a combination
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, varies by model.

Product Description
Maintenance and Service Guide 1–9
The external components on the rear panel of the notebook are
shown below and described in Table 1-4.
Rear Panel Components
Table 1-4
Rear Panel Components
Item Component Function
1 Security cable slot Attaches an optional security cable to the
notebook.
2 Power connector Connects an AC adapter.
3 USB port Connects an optional 1.1- or 2.0-compliant
USB device.
4 S-Video-out jack Connects an optional S-Video device,
such as a television, VCR, camcorder,
projector, or video capture card.
5 External monitor port Connects an optional VGA external
monitor or projector.
6 Exhaust vent Provides airflow to cool internal
components.
ÄTo prevent overheating, do not
obstruct vents. Do not allow a hard
surface, such as a printer, or a soft
surface, such as pillows, thick rugs
or clothing, to block airflow.

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Product Description
The standard keyboard components of the notebook are shown
below and described in Table 1-5.
Standard Keyboard Components

Product Description
Maintenance and Service Guide 1–11
Table 1-5
Standard Keyboard Components
Item Component Function
1caps lock key Enables caps lock and turns on the
caps lock light.
2f1 to f12 keys (12) Perform system and application tasks.
When combined with the fn key, several
keys and buttons perform additional tasks
as hotkeys.
3num lock key Enables numeric lock, turns on the
embedded numeric keypad, and turns
on the num lock light.
4 Keypad keys (15) In Windows, can be used like the keys
on an external numeric keypad.
5 Arrow keys Moves the cursor around the screen.
6Windows
applications key
In Windows, displays a shortcut menu
for items beneath the pointer.
7 Windows logo key In Windows, displays the Windows
Start menu.
8fn key Combines with other keys to perform
system tasks. For example, pressing
fn+f7 decreases screen brightness.

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Product Description
The upper components of the keyboard are shown below and on
the following page and described in Tables 1-6 and 1-7.
Upper Keyboard Components

Product Description
Maintenance and Service Guide 1–13
Table 1-6
Upper Keyboard Components
Item Component Function
1 Power/standby button When the notebook is:
■Off, press to turn on the notebook.
■On, briefly press to initiate standby.
■In standby, briefly press to resume from
standby.
■In hibernation, briefly press to restore
from hibernation.
✎If the system has stopped
responding and Microsoft Windows
shutdown procedures cannot be
used, press and hold the
power/standby button for at least
4 seconds to turn off the notebook.
2 Exhaust vents Provide airflow to cool internal
components.
ÄTo prevent overheating, do not
obstruct vents. Do not allow a hard
surface, such as a printer, or a soft
surface, such as pillows, thick rugs
or clothing, to block airflow.
3 Volume down button Decreases system volume.
4 Volume mute button Mutes or restores system volume.
5 Volume up button Increases system volume.
6 Quick Launch buttons
(2)
Launch default multimedia, digital
imaging, or music applications (varies by
model).
To reassign another application to a Quick
Launch button, refer to “Using Custom
Assignments and Schemes” in Chapter 2
of the
Hardware and Software Guide
included with the notebook.

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Product Description
The top components of the notebook are shown below and
described in Table 1-7.
Notebook Top Components

Product Description
Maintenance and Service Guide 1–15
Table 1-7
Notebook Top Components
Item Component Function
1 TouchPad Moves the pointer and selects or
activates items on the screen.
2 TouchPad light On: TouchPad is enabled.
3 TouchPad button Enables/disables the TouchPad.
4 Wireless button
Wireless light
Turns the wireless network device on and
off (select models only).
On: An integrated wireless device has
been enabled.
5 Caps lock light On: caps lock is on.
6 Num lock light On: num lock or the numeric keypad is on.
7 TouchPad scroll zone Scrolls up or down.
8 Left and right TouchPad
buttons
Function like the left and right buttons on
an external mouse.

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Product Description
The external components on the bottom of the notebook are
shown below and described in Table 1-8.
Bottom Components
Table 1-8
Bottom Components
Item Component Function
1 Exhaust vents (4) Provide airflow to cool internal
components.
ÄTo prevent overheating, do not
obstruct vents. Do not allow a
hard surface, such as a printer, or
a soft surface, such as pillows,
thick rugs or clothing, to block
airflow.