I’ve taken this thing apart, myself, going by videos on Youtube and it was pretty easy. I keep it clean inside and out now that I know how.

One thing: I wish I hadn’t of paid 800 bucks for it. I just got another one on eBay for 200 and am kicking myself for not waiting it out. I love the design of this laptop (honestly, the new ones now days look weird).

If I hadn’t found out for myself, I would not believe any of the above posters…I bought my laptop almost 2 years ago, and have had problems since about 5 months in.

At about 5 months, the DVD burner stopped reading DVDs. A few weeks later, it quit writing dvds and cd’s as well. As of now I can get it to read a CD maybe once out of 20 attempts.

Roughly 9 months in, i noticed an overheating problem. No matter what surface I placed my laptop on, it seemed to overheat within an hour. This included a chillmat that was purchased to counter this issue…The only thing I found that would work was a NEW chillmat. The Swissgear one (2 fans, extendable arms) seems to do the job.

1 year and 1 week in, the laptop shut down, and stopped working all together. Yes….one year and one week…That would be one week AFTER warranty expiry. Called HP and complained, was told i had to pay for service, because it wouldnt be fair for me to get free service out of warranty, bla bla bla. Asked for supervisors, got the same responses…as well as the same Indian accents. I would assume that since the company is based in California, that eventually a higher-up would be american, but it’s aparant now that the Indians run this company -_-. After two weeks of letters and emails being written to the Better Business bureau, HP, and the california attorney general, I was finally given a chance to get it repaired…however at that time I had already replaced the defective cooling system and resoldered my parts.

Here I am, almost 2 years in, and the power port just fried on me. Called HP and they claimed that it is attached to the motherboard, and i would habe to replace the motherboard to replace the power jack. After all the problems I have had in the past with them…I didn’t believe a word of it. I tore down my laptop yet again, and find that the power jack is in fact, a separate board all together. Called HP AGAIN and purchased that new board (for the tune of 66 dollars including shipping) and am waiting on this part in the mail. However, upon system tear down, I found that there are two spots on the motherboard that are in fact burnt…There is a thin static-free plastic sheet that separates the motherboard from the keyboard and other components, and keep any sort of static charge from dispersing and frying the motherboard. There are two small holes burnt through this plastic sheet, and two tiny chips are blackened in those spots. I am wondering how long it will be before the entire laptop goes under.

All in all, do NOT buy from HP. They will not honor your warranty, nor will they know anything about the product you bought. If you can’t do the work yourself, you will be charged $600+ for a simple $60 part…Shop Sony…Shop Dell…Shop ACER for all I care, but do not support this garbage heap of a company.

~Unsatisfied customer.

Don´t buy HP laptops, they are crap. My DV6000 is now just a piece of junk. The cooling system may be one of the causes of the mainboard damage along with the poor hardware components.
First the wireless stopped working, then the battery was gone, and now its over. Hope I can repair it, will buy a Dell or Lenovo instead.

I like many others am having serious issues with my HP laptop. I’m posting here in hopes that others will follow my lead and do the same. Apparently my motherboard has also fried itself. My laptop now just powers on and off repeatedly with only a black screen. The first DV6000 I bought froze up while creating the backup discs so I took it back for an exchange 2 days after purchasing for a replacement. I’ve never dropped my laptop or otherwise subjected it to any abuse. In fact I’ve always treated it like solid gold. If anyone is having similar issues then I highly recommend you visit http://www.HPlies.com and join up as a member. So far HP has flat out lied to consumers and wants to cover up this whole problem. Voice your opinion and speak your mind at http://www.hplies.com as this seems to be the only solution for consumers thus far.

most dv6000 ARE DEFECTIVE by fabric. google it and see for yourself.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01087277&lc=en&cc=us

I’ve had a bad experience with this laptop. A few months after its purchase, I encountered the following:

* The broadcom wireless adapter was no longer detected.

* The DVD Writer did not write CDRs/DVDs. Blank disks were ejected.

* 4 out of 5 times, the laptop throws up a blank screen and does not boot.

I would not recommend buying this laptop. Here is another review I posted on this one:

http://www.mouthshut.com/review/HP_dv6000-147294-1.html

The laptop has good looks and aesthetic design. The configuration and features also seem good. Unfortunately the product is not very robust and has several known design issues.