HP Pavilion 15-d000 Disassembly and RAM, HDD Upgrade Options

The HP Pavilion 15-d101tx is an entertainment laptop with an Intel i5-4200M processor. It has an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M discrete graphics card. It also has 4GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive. Today, we take a look at its internal structure.

In this guide, I will explain how to disassemble the HP Pavilion 15-d000 to remove the bottom cover, hard drive, RAM, DVD drive, keyboard, palm rest, wireless card, heat sink, cooling fan, card reader, and motherboard.

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Unlock and remove the battery.
Remove all screws from the bottom cover.

Insert a screwdriver into the groove on the service cover, pry it open, and remove the service cover.
Under the service cover, you can access the memory modules, wireless network card, and some ribbon cables.
Remove the four screws.

Remove the plastic mat. You can find another screw and remove it, and you also need to remove the screw on the right.

Pull out the DVD drive.
The HP Pavilion 15-d000 comes with an HL-DT-ST GU90N DVD Burner.

Insert a plastic prying tool between the bottom cover and the palm rest. There are some clips on the palm rest to secure it to the laptop. You need to slide the prying tool and release all the clips in order to remove the palm rest.

On the back of the palm rest, you can access the keyboard and touchpad.
At this time, you can remove the keyboard and replace it with a new keyboard. But its keyboard is soldered to the palm rest, making it difficult to replace.

Touchpad

In the next step, I will remove the hard drive and motherboard.

Disconnect the white cable from the motherboard and remove the three screws securing the hard drive module.
Disconnect the HDD cable from the motherboard. You can remove the hard drive module.

The HP Pavilion 15-d000 features a Western Digital 500GB hard drive.

Remove the three screws securing the card reader and disconnect the card reader cable from the motherboard. You can remove it.

Card reader

Lift the motherboard from one side with your hand and wiggle it until it detaches from the laptop.

On the motherboard, you can access the RAM, wireless card, CMOS battery, heat sink, and cooling fan.

The HP Pavilion 15-d000 comes with a SK Hynix 4GB PC3L-12800S memory module. This laptop has two memory slots, but only one memory module is installed. You can add another memory module to upgrade the memory.

Loosen the six screws securing the heat sink.
Remove the two screws securing the cooling fan and unplug the fan cable from the motherboard. You can remove the heat sink and cooling fan.

GPU

Wireless card

Its processor is removable, allowing you to upgrade or replace it.

HP Pavilion 15-d000 internal parts