HP Envy 14HP Laptop
HP Envy 14-U000 Disassembly and RAM, HDD Upgrade Options
In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble the HP Envy 14-U000 to remove and replace the DVD drive, hard drive, RAM, keyboard, palm rest, touchpad, wireless card, heat sink, cooling fan, speaker, and motherboard.
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Step 1: Remove the battery
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- The laptop model is HP Envy 14-U003tx.
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- Unlock and remove the battery.
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- The laptop uses a 15v, 48wh Li-ion battery, HP P/N: HSTNN-DB6K, and cells made in Korea, maybe Samsung or LG.
Step 2: Remove DVD drive
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- Remove the screw securing the DVD drive.
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- Pull out the DVD drive.
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- It uses an HL-DT-ST GU90N 9.5mm DVD burner.
Step 3: Remove hidden screws
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- Remove all screws from the bottom case.
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- Remove the plastic mat.
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- Under the plastic mat, you can find a hidden screw.
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- Remove the plastic cap. You can find another screw and remove it.
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- Remove this hidden screw.
Step 4: Remove palm rest
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- Open the palm rest.
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- The palm rest has been removed, and you can remove and replace the keyboard and touchpad.
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- Under the palm rest, you can access the hard drive, speakers, and motherboard.
Step 5: Remove the hard drive
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- Disconnect the white cable that covers the hard drive.
Disconnect the SATA cable from the motherboard and remove the hard drive module.
- Disconnect the white cable that covers the hard drive.
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- HP Envy 14-U000 features a Western Digital 1TB hard drive.
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- The USB board.
Step 6: Remove the wireless card
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- Disconnect two antennas and remove one screw securing the wireless card. Take it away from its slot.
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- The Intel wireless card.
Step 7: Remove the motherboard
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- Disconnect the LCD cable and speaker cables. Remove five screws securing the motherboard. You can remove the motherboard.
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- The motherboard has been removed.
Step 8: Remove RAM
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- Separate the clips. The memory will pop up.
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- The memory has been removed.
Step 9: Remove heat sink and cooling fan
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- Disconnect the cooling fan cable from the motherboard and remove the screws securing the cooling fan.
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- The cooling fan has been removed.
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- Loosen seven screws securing the heat sink, then remove it.
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- The heat sink
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- The heat sink
Step 10: Motherboard details
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- USB ports
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- RJ45 port and DC power jack cable
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- SATA port
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- Two speakers
For more guides, check out the HP Envy 14-U000 device page.
I really appreciate your takedown. Well done. In the first picture of Step 9, am I looking at the CPU and a discrete GPU (maybe an 840m or something else) pinned to the two heat pipes?
-Saint Alfrond de Medici