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

[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!