once you start down the path of Hardware modding you quickly come to terms with a
simple truth nothing comes out of the box in an ideal State even the highest
end product can be tweaked to run faster
or quieter or assuming it's already perfect in those regards at least look
better not to mention the appeal of making every component you own fit your
personal preferences whatever those might be after all if you work at your
computer like I do you probably interact with it more than you do your family or
friends so what's a few hour investment in some modding in this sponsored video
from I Fixit we'll be showing you guys how to transform a simple thre monitor
array from boring to Beautiful by dezz
each monitor then remounting it in a custom housing
for this project we wanted to remove the LCD panels from these three monitors and
remount them in this handmade wooden housing but lonus you might ask why
bother with that there are cheap stands on Amazon that you could use to achieve
the same objective and without voiding your
warranties so our first step is to safely get the LCDs out of their plastic
casings and to Aid in our disassembly efforts will be using the Protek tool
kit to void our warranties in the smoothest and most professional way
possible and while I might feel confident in my ability to pull off this
mod by just freeballing it I'm trying to cut down on the frequency with which I
am brought Low by my own hubris so I'll be referring to this iFixit Community
guide for step-by-step instructions step one unscrew and remove the stand
attached to the back of the monitor okay that I could have figured out on my own
step two lay the monitor flat and begin to loosen the bezels the display bezel
is held to the rear of the case by a few plastic clips that should come free
relatively easily you'll want to use a light Gentle Touch and avoid prying with
any tools in order to avoid damaging the LCD this is good advice for modders and
proctologists though the similarities end at step three grip the edges of the
bezel in the center of each side and gently pull directly upwards you should
hear a slight pop as the clips come free
if you hear a snap or a crunch it's likely you've damaged your screen So to
avoid confusion from ambient noise it's best not to perform this step as part of
a balanced breakfast moving on the corners are held on a little tighter so
to get them started you'll need to insert a Jimmy into the lower left
corner and pop the first clip the reason
we use this point on the casing is that on this particular model the HDMI logo
gives us a good reference point for where to find the clip behind the bezel
though if you're exceptionally keen on squeezing every possible ounce of
excitement out of your day feel free to pick any other corner and just fiddle
about blindly after that the other corner should simply come off with some
gentle twisting but if any prove especially stubborn don't hesitate to
slip them a quick Jimmy now that we've removed the LCDs from their housings we
can set them aside and work on our custom frame we assembled this by
building two boxes out of 2x4s one to
hold two horizontal monitors and one to
hold a single vertical unit then we attach them at a slight angle we just
used a chop saw to cut to the right length and to get the angles on our
joint pieces once the LCDs are a fixed
inside we'll attach some decorative boarding to make it look classy wood
paneling kids it's not just for Vans anymore so to make these we just
measured from the edge of the frame to the edge of the screen and then cut
strips out of a sheet of Balsa and stained them it's time then for final
assembly we're going to use these existing holes that happen to be on the
sides of our monitors to mount brackets
which will then be screwed into our main assembly note that if you don't use
correctly sized screws when doing any custom mounting with a debezel monitor
it is very easy to inadvertently damage the screen then with each LCD firmly in
place we lift the control panels from the backing and thankfully the
pre-attached wires are long enough we reattach them onto the face of our frame
we want the controls to match our aesthetic so we're going to mount them
behind a panel between the LCDs and drill a series of holes over each button
then we 3D print some button extensions paint them a brownish Hue and insert
them through the holes and there you
have it whether your goal in removing your monitor's bezel is to decrease the
the overall space between your displays in a multim monitor gaming setup or if
your final product is something more esoteric the guides and tools from
iFixit can help you minimize the risk involved in modifying your Hardware so a
shout out to ASUS for providing the monitors for our Frankenstein Project
and I fix it again for sponsoring this video if you're planning any upgrades
DIY projects or fixes be sure to check out their awesome guides and tools over
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