HP Pavilion ze5400

[grumpyfccc]

How the heck do you remove the hard drive from this laptop. I see the 2 obvious screws and it begins to slide out than stops. Another engineering marvel from HP

 

[goombawaho]

Wild guess - make sure the top part of the laptop (with the screen) is cracked OPEN a bit maybe 2 inches. I've seen some laptop cases that prevent the hard drive from coming out if the top is closed.

Failing that, look for any type of a lock/finger switch.

 

[G0AOZ]

How much movement do you have before it gets blocked? 5mm, 10mm, etc...?

Are you trying to slide this drive/tray assembly out with the laptop upside down on the table? Maybe part of the tray assembly is catching on the innards - try sliding it out with the laptop the right way up. This may allow the drive to drop fractionally and clear the obstruction.

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[BadBigBen]

see if these are of any help:

Hard Drive Installation Guide for Compaq & HP Notebooks

http://www.bixnet.com/cohpnohadrin.html

The hard drive can be removed by unscrewing three screws on the underside of the laptop. One screw is covered by a rubber grommet.

source: How To Dismantle, Clean and Repair an HP Laptop


I can not vouch for the following, as I was unable to DL the manual (Sundays it is terrible to DL from RapidShare as a FREE user)...

HP Pavilion ze5400 Notebook PC Service Manual

http://online.manualspace.com/noteb...on-ze5400-notebook-pc-service-manual-230.html

here is a Commercial site that sells the manual (UK based):

HP Pavilion ZE5400 Service Manual - Remove Upgrade

http://www.user-guides.co.uk/cddown...ZE5400-Service-Manual-Remove-Upgrade-679.html

Ben
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[grumpyfccc]

The dreaded hidden screw underrubber grommet. Let me try that.
Thanks