opening a dell 15inch monitor

[taintedplay]

i cant figure out how to get the case off of this 15inch dell, anyone have an idea? the stand comes off, but there are no screws to get the black plastic totally off

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n236/Taintedplay/dell15.jpg

[crenn]

If you want to remove it in one piece which can reattach... then can't help there.

If not..... dremels work rather nicely xD

[taintedplay]

haha my thought exacytly

[simon275]

Check if you can see any little round black plastic circles on the back they may be screw covers.

[DaJe]

If you want to remove it in one piece which can reattach... then can't help there.

If not..... dremels work rather nicely xD

I couldn't get the plastic cover off of a can of Bondo, so I eventually got pissed off enough and used my Dremel.

[Quakken]

I always use my dremel to open the little packages the dremeal attachments come in. Otherwise, i would have to wrestle with scissors or something, which i don't want to do.

I would say that maybe, MAYBE, you could pry that thing open. With like a screwdriver. But, getting it back together may be impossible. I'm not sure, but whatever.

[Drew]

I can feel a 'I broke my LCD, where can I get a cheap replacement from?' thread coming on....

[Mysteriphys]

I was on ebay the other day and it had something about dell lcd monitor tool or something to that effect, maybe they can help?

[taintedplay]

thanks, ill look into that

[Outlaw]

What a coincidence, I just picked up a defective Dell monitor and it just happened to be 15" also. Although, if yours is the one in the picture, yours is newer. I have a 1504FP model. I think the CCFL's just need replacing. There is picture but its almost black.

What I did was remove the stand screws. Then with a pretty small screw driver pry CAREFULLY at the sides and it kind of just popped off. I did have to go around almost the whole outside to get it off though. BUT I did NOT use a dremel to do it. lol

Hope this helps.

PS- Let me know if you want pictures. I will try to get them up tomorrow after work if you do. Good luck!

[Mysteriphys]

where did you get that monitor, I 've been looking all over for broken lcds >.<

[Outlaw]

My local pc shop. I know the owner, and he had a new manager who I was talking to and asked if they sell the broken ones. He said they do if the person wants to buy one. I asked how much, he said $10. I said ok. And sorry to thread steal.

[Outlaw]

Sorry tainted, like i said in my "log for ccfl replacement?" My daughter hid the camera and I am still looking for it. I will get the pics as soon as I can.

Sorry again.

[taintedplay]

no problem, im in no rush

Thanks, tainted

[Outlaw]

Sorry if these are too big.

There should be a lip near the front of the panel on the side like this.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m127/outlaw1985/Sideofcasing.jpg
another view
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m127/outlaw1985/Bottomofcasing.jpg

Here are the holes on the face plate (in the green circle)
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m127/outlaw1985/Clipsonfaceplate.jpg
here are the clips inside the back cover (also in the green circle)
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m127/outlaw1985/Clipsinsidecasing.jpg

Just take a small screw driver and carefully pry. The reason I say carefully is because you can't see the inside and what else you are pushing on and the plastic is kinda soft as I found out. you can also try to twist the screw driver a little bit to make a gap that you can pull up a little bit on the face plate.

Hope this helps and Good Luck.

[DaJe]

Too big? All of the pictures I post here are 3008x2000

[Spawn-Inc]

well thats to big daje, but you link it so its fine. your pictures are find outlaw.

[Outlaw]

Cool, just wanted to make sure. Thx.


Did you get anywhere yet Tainted?

[taintedplay]

i did it one one of them, was going to connect them, ie make one larger screen for ease of transporting, but got an outrageous sell to some guy. he payed me 135 for a 15 inch generic dell montior! he should have asked how much they were instead of just offering lol

[Outlaw]

Nice. I was looking up what those 15" dells and the cheapest NEW I could find was like $95. Nice profit though.