DV6000 Reflow

[Harold]

Anyone here do a quality DV6000 reflow repair? I've got one with the classic reboot loop. No copper shims, no pennys or any of that other youtube stuff. Just a reliable repair. Please let me know how much.

Thanks,
Harold

 

[16k_zx81]

what country are you in?

 

[cdbrehm]

I'd caution you against any attempt to reflow a DV series laptop . . . or any laptop for that matter. General consensus is that these reflows, even when first successful, are usually very shortlived. Three weeks, three months, later, same problem. And now you have to explain to a justifiably frustrated customer why the "fix" was so short-lived. Not worth it, in my opinion. Plus, even if you find a good company to outsource to, the amount of money you're going to make is going to be trival. You're basically a reseller.

 

[PC Problems]

The words reliable and reflow should never be used together!
You either need to replace the mobo or get it re-balled.

I have sent many laptops to be re-balled with a 60% success rate, but the repair is just as good as from the factory when new...

Most of the VGA problems arise becuase the heatsink is blocked with dust, or using it on a non flat surface.

 

[vdub12]

I have reflowed one DV series with a rag.

I explained to the customer that there was no guaranty and that it might not last that long. They had no money and wanted it to last as long as it could.

I just wrapped the cooling ports up with a rag and ran 3Dmark 2003 until it shut down making sure to keep an eye on the CPU temp. After shutting down I left it off for hours to cool and once I turned it on it worked perfect. The customer still uses it today and claims to have no problems with it at all. It shut down with the GPU reaching about 100c.

 

[14049752]

I have reflowed one DV series with a rag.

I explained to the customer that there was no guaranty and that it might not last that long. They had no money and wanted it to last as long as it could.

I just wrapped the cooling ports up with a rag and ran 3Dmark 2003 until it shut down making sure to keep an eye on the CPU temp. After shutting down I left it off for hours to cool and once I turned it on it worked perfect. The customer still uses it today and claims to have no problems with it at all. It shut down with the GPU reaching about 100c.

Wow, it's hard to argue with success..but that doesn't sound like a method I'd want to use. I've reflowed a few with my heat gun with some success. A couple I have in the shop, actually, are still working after a year. Basically what I do is just inject some flux under the chip, then heat it up slowly, then hold it long enough to be sure I melt the solder, then slowly cool it.

I don't really offer it as a service, but might offer to attempt it with no warranty in certain cases. I think that in most cases, it actually ends up working fine...but people just don't clean the computer enough and that actually causes the issue.

 

[usacvlr]

The problem's root cause is the eco friendly solder bs that has no lead in it. The solder doesn't expand or contract it just gets brittle.

 

[i2omani]

reflow

Howdy folks,
this is my second DV 6000 series laptop to do the reflow. 1st one went smooth.
however i am having and issue with the 2nd one. i used the heat gun and now when i power it ON the screen is still black and now when i power it ON i hear 4 beeps and the power button keep blinking.

what am i doing wrong?

 

[Xander]

A quick google came up with a bunch of things to check. Have you:

Reseated the RAM?
Tried this guy's advice?
4 beeps is said to be the motherboard timer.

 

[meanderer]

I did some reflows, but I ALWAYS explain that the fix is not permanent. I guarantee it for a month, which means I will redo the work if it comes back until a full month is over since the first reflow work.

BTW, only nVidia chips need apply. I tried to reflow some other vendors but they don't solve the problem (which means I was wrong XD )

 

[rrnut65]

I done some reflowing on these units as well with various degrees of success. But if you want the machine to be reliable then punt and get a different machine. The nVidia chips just run too damn hot and HP cooling solution was too weak to handle it in those machines. The problem will come back at some point. Even a different motherboard from HP is a guarantee.