1.- Disassembly of an ordinary monitor into its useful components

Brother_Sven · 2024-11-07T06:47:30+01:00

Feel free to ask and share solutions by replying to any particular step. You will need these two tools, it is recommended that you first try with a discard...

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check that every side is free and loose and remove the tape and start removing the panel from the bottom, but before carefully remove the masking tape holding the ribbon cables and card in place, and now tape it in the front.

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place the panel in a clean safe place face down, with utmost attention to the ribbon cables to not touch them too much, make sure there are no screws or anything in the space you will place the panel, and remove the rest of filters

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find the matte sheets and save them, discard the prismatic sheets.

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and put them directly into the back of the LCD panel, with the matte side facing up

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you will also find a hard acrylic sheet, either transparent, milky white, or grated, save this

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and discard the last completely white sheet than you cant see through and the metal cover as well

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If you will find a milky white hard acrylic sheet, then these are the best for making incandescent bulb backlit monitors and there is no need for doing anything further with these becasue are ready.

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if you find a hard acrylic transparent sheet, then you will need to make it matte with some 80-100 grit sanding paper, these are the best for making Sun backlit monitors, but not so much for the incandescent bulb backlit.

If you find a grated hard acrylic sheet, the you will also need to sand it, both faces but especially the grated side

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Do it with running water and you can even do it while taking a shower, and if you have an orbital sander then it will help with work, make sure to sand every part and edges well, and both faces evenly so you end up with something like this

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when you are finished clean the sheet well of any debris and place it in the back of the monitor, after the matte sheets, making sure there is no debris there too, if you find some never blow with your mouth, as it will make it more dirty, nor use any paper tissue as it will scratch it, blow it with pressurized air or a hand fan. This is the end of the disassembly procedure, the next procedure is the mounting of the panel and the components into a frame

Mandelbro

Hi Sven, thank you for sharing this. Are there any monitors in particular that you recommended using? Any that are easier to work on or more beginner friendly?

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Mandelbro

Hello brother Mandelbro and welcome, if you have a used one at hand then that is the best, but if you have to look and buy one then an LG is a good starting choice, but not curved and preferably with borders, not borderless because that is a bit more risky, and with external power supply too, also don't start with a big one, try a 21" or 24"

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