HP Omen 15-ax000 Disassembly

The HP OMEN 15-ax016TX gaming laptop is a mid-range monster designed to play high-end games and enjoy the latest HD media content on the go. The OMEN 15 is a thin and light gaming laptop with built-in high-speed 4GB DDR4 memory, an Intel Core i5-6300HQ 6th Gen processor, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics, ensuring you get extreme performance when running today’s most demanding games at max settings and high frame rates. The 1080p display works with Bang &Olufsen to deliver a premium multimedia experience that takes your gaming and entertainment to the next level.

While there’s plenty of powerful hardware built-in, the system is only 0.96 inches thick and weighs just 4.85 pounds. The laptop has a 3-cell lithium-ion battery that lasts up to 6 hours on a full charge, making it ideal for travel and on-the-go.

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First of all, remove all visible screws from the bottom case.

Starts prying the bottom case from the left LCD hinge.
There are a lot of clips securing the bottom case. Please be patient and do not damage the clips of the bottom case.

There is no cable connected to the bottom case, so you can remove it directly.
You can see a large area of the vent on the bottom case.

This is the internal structure of HP Omen 15-ax000. The most intuitive change is that the notebook’s motherboard has a blue motherboard. The largest area in the bottom right corner is the battery, which is also one of the changes. The previous generation of batteries was external and removable, and now they are internal. Dual hard drive system, two memory slots, dual cooling fans.

HP Omen 15-ax000 comes with an 11.55V, 5150mAh, 61.6Wh Li-ion battery, HP P/N: HSTNN-UB71.
Thanks to the sixth-generation low-power processor, it will give this laptop a good battery life.

Before dismantling the other parts, the first thing to do is to disconnect the battery.
Disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard and remove all screws securing the battery.

This battery is really thin.

Under the battery, you can access the touchpad.

Here’s HP Omen 15-ax000 touchpad.

Nowadays, most gaming laptops use SSDs + HDDs, which guarantee the speed of getting programs up and running on the one hand and the storage of large files on the other. At the same time, it also reduces costs.

There are no screws securing the hard drive module, and you can remove it easily.
The laptop comes with an HGST 1TB 7200RPM SATA hard drive. If necessary, you can upgrade it to a big capacity hard drive.

HP Omen 15-ax000 has two RAM slots, in my case, it only comes with an SK Hynix 8GB DDR4 RAM, you can add another 8GB ram to the spare RAM slot.
On the right side is a Samsung 128GB M.2 SSD.

SK Hynix 8GB memory, Samsung 128GB M.2 SSD, HGST 1TB 7200 hard drive

The HP part number of the memory is 820570-005.
The SSD model is MZNLF128HCHP-000H1.

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265NGW wireless card supports 802.11ac, Dual Band, 2×2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.0.

Disconnect two cooling fan cables from the motherboard.
Remove all screws securing the cooling fan.

Remove the cooling fan from the laptop.

We have already said before, in relation to the Omen 15 of the previous generation. The location of the heat vents on this laptop has changed a lot, dissipating heat from side to back. The double copper tubes can be seen side by side from the inside, and the distance to the terminal is really short.

Here’s the HP Omen 15-ax000 motherboard.

Details of the back of the motherboard, component soldering, and layout

Remove six screws securing the heat sink and remove it. You can get access to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics card.

Here’s the speaker module. The sound effect is not bad. It can basically meet the audio and video entertainment.