August 13 2009 - Disassembling the LCD

Step 1. Acquire LCD.
Step 2. Look for obvious screws.
Step 3. Get mad because its not held together by screws.
Step 4. Realize its about 30 clips
Step 5. Un-clip 30 clips.

Quite made me mad, apparently Dell monitors are "non-serviceable", meaning the clips hold them together. Therefore if say the power button plastic breaks, Dell expects you to buy a whole new monitor! Luckily, I couldn't care less for the case as the boards and the LCD matrix is all I want. I took some pictures starting with the stand off.

Figure 1. The monitor (My friend who had the screen in the background)




















Figure 2. Those damn clips.




















Figure 3. The LCD with no case.



















Figure 4. The LCD with no metal backing.



















Figure 5. All nice and compact metal backing. ready Metal backing. to insert into a box for multi-touch. Why thank you Dell. The components can be left right in the case (hopefully, depending on if the wire can reach properly).




















Figure 6. The metal off of the LCD matrix.



















Figure 7. The LCD matrix.



















** I am hoping to use the black plastic the matrix is currently in, and embedding that in a piece of MDF. **




Figure 8. How to bring it home from work. (2 towels, a foam mattress, a laptop case underneath, all in a 'green' grocery bag.) The clamps are just to hold the towel up.