Monitor Mod... window paint and lighting

meobius

Dell 20in monitor i got for 175$ CAD.
had it for a few years... beige, ugly
Girlfriend painted it all silver (and a damn good clearcoat after)
i cut out the top, and put in a piece of plexiglass and a fan, a bit of wire sleeving

and lighting

using the PSU in the computer for power, had problems with the inverter causing interferince with the tube, till i put it behind the shield

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Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

holy moley, thats undoubtly one great mod, props

Josh · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:50 pm Post subject:

wow, im speechless...thats some good s*** there man!

Will you come tear a new one in my 17" monitor

One of "the" coolest mods i have seen...on a dell product

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Ham_fisT · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:13 pm Post subject:

Verrrry KuuuuL!
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Shawtie · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject:

i'm goin to the girly route on this

It's SO PRETTY!
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Phrozt · TweakNOOB Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

that's just pretty damn cool... very nice!
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geekzta127 · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:27 pm Post subject:

great mod.... i was thinking of doing that but always forgot to remember.

JayDubya · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:42 pm Post subject:

Uh, mines better . . . .

That is pretty damn cool man. Where did you get the glass? Its plexyglass, right?
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meobius · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject:

Reno Depot
think it's home depot elsewhere

Silicon Skum · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:47 pm Post subject:

Small tip for anyone going to try this:

All CRT tubes produce radiation, both EM and X-ray! don't remove any of the metal pannels or screening inside the case, it can damage your monitor and you can affect the level of radiation produced (not good). check first that there are no pannels directly under the case that will be in the way, before moding.
The metal in the case also protects the electronics, magnetic and electrical radiation (EM) produced by other devices (drills, fans, CPUs etc) can cause interference with the monitor. Try standing one upside down, if it's cheap, it'll go funny colours, if not then it will stay about the same but will be slightly out of line or fuzzy. this is caused by the earth's weak magnetic field.

Your very costly monitor could end up with a picture that looks like it only cost $10 from a junk shop!

Follow those rules and you will be OK.

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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

i was just gunna say DAMN.....you one brave mofo to open one of those bad boys......=]

meobius.....GREAT MOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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meobius · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:23 am Post subject:

waited about a month before i touched it (was seriously scared of the leftover voltage)... the screen was so high quality it had about 10 layers of metal(ok so more like 3) all around... i just removed the top one... so far no ill effects, and all that radiation is flying out the back...(or top)
hmm maybe with all that radiation fly out the back/top i can get rid of a few overly noisy neighbors

smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:00 am Post subject:

GREAT! job mebious, here is a part one and part two guide for that all in case you are interested.

http://www.twistedmods.com/article.php?artid=192

http://www.twistedmods.com/article.php?artid=213