System information
Table Of Contents
- HP Pavilion dv6 Entertainment PC
- Product description
- External component identification
- Illustrated parts catalog
- Removal and replacement procedures
- Preliminary replacement requirements
- Component replacement procedures
- Service tag
- Computer feet
- Battery
- Webcam/microphone module
- Optical drive
- Memory module
- TV tuner module
- RTC battery
- Hard drive
- WLAN module
- Switch cover and keyboard
- Power button board
- Bluetooth module
- Display assembly
- Speaker
- Top cover
- Modem module
- Audio/infrared board
- USB board
- Power connector cable
- System board
- TV tuner module cable
- Modem module cable
- Fan/heat sink
- Processor
- Setup Utility
- Specifications
- Computer specifications
- 15.6-inch WXGA display specifications
- Hard drive specifications
- Blu-ray ROM DVD±R/RW SuperMulti DL Drive specification
- DVD±RW and CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications
- System DMA specifications
- System interrupt specifications
- System I/O address specifications
- System memory map specifications
- Screw listing
- Backup and Recovery
- Connector pin assignments
- Power cord set requirements
- Recycling
- Index

4–42 Maintenance and Service Guide
Removal and replacement procedures
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The thermal material must be thoroughly cleaned from the surfaces of the fan/heat sink assembly and the system
board each time the fan/heat sink assembly is removed. Thermal paste is applied to the fan/heat sink assembly to
correspond with components on the system board as follows: capacitors and their contacts 1 the processor and
contact 2, the graphics subsystem chip and contact 3, and capacitors and their contacts 4 and 5. Replacement
thermal material is included with all fan/heat sink assembly, system board, and processor spare part kits.
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Steps 6 through 10 apply only to models with UMA subsystem memory on the system board. Steps 1 through 5
apply only to models with discrete subsystem memory on the system board.
5. Turn the system board upside down, with the expansion port and external monitor port toward you.
6. Loosen the four Phillips PM2.5×14.0 spring-loaded, captive screws 1 through 4 that secure the fan/heat sink
assembly to the system board.
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CAUTION: Loosen the screws in the order indicated by the callouts to ensure consistent pressure over the processor board.
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CAUTION: Loosen the screws in the order indicated by the callouts to ensure consistent pressure over the processor board.
7. Disconnect the fan cable 5 from the system board.