Monitor Mod-fixing The Overheating Problem

[Andrewr05]

Ghetto Mod Time!

Continued from here:

Monitor (weird)

 

So I took the monitor apart and sniffed (literally) around the capacitors and transformer.

I noticed a slight overheating smell but I have smelled that smell from CRTs for years with no problems.

To my n00bularness nothing looks out of place:

<---The innards <---LCD controller board <---Power circuitry

 

So I took the metal shroud and placed it back onto the screen, I then traced a 92MM fan onto the shroud.

Its gonna look pathetic with a fan coming out the back:

 

I took the fan and set it on there to try and see how it would fit:

<--- Set on the shroud <---Set on the circuitry

 

 

 

Well I couldn't find any metal blades for my jigsaw and I don't have a Dremel here.

I figured this is a ghetto mod why not go all out?

I drilled 7 holes one in each corner, one in the middle and one on either side of the middle one.

Then I used some small shears to kind of widen a hole big enough to get a large pair of sheetmetal shears in there.

Lets just say that the initial result was the most pathetic attempt at creating anything ever...

I took some pliers and was able to bend a lot of it out of the way to continue cutting it but even after 15 minutes it was still quite jagged. So then I got out a metal block and a ball peen hammer and decided to just bag the craping crap out of the sucker to at least make some sort of acceptably unjagged hole of some sort.

The result was this:

I'll be standing by for the "Most precision cut EVER award"

 

So now I've got the hole cut in the shroud, this would be the perfect time to cut the matching hole in the outer plastic.

Well I'm an idiot and I decided to glue the fan on first. HOT GLUE FTW!

You didn't actually think I would use screws would you?

Heres the fan glued on:

<---Not going anywhere

 

So after I've glued the fan on I decided that it would be a good time to cut the hole in the outer plastic.

So because I'm that ingenious I decide to put white out on each corner of the fan and press the outer plastic down onto the fan to give me the design of where I need to cut.

So I go back into the garage and get out the shears again, I use an existing hole and gouge it out enough to fit the shears in and then, just as before I proceed to butcher a hole into the material. I clean it up with a file and parade inside feling happy that I was almost done.

I bring it inside and try to put it back on but I'm an ignorant fool and when I dropped the shell onto the top and set the cut points I was ~1 3/4" off on both sides...

I'm an idiot... <img src='http://forums.overclockersclub.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />

So now the exterior is butchered to crapping crap:

<---That is horrible <---Butchered to the max

 

So now it was time to find a power source, I looked online for a few minutes to try and find a 12v source from the monitor itself although I found nothing. I had an old Netgear router modem that had a 12v 1A wallwart adapter that I was gonna pilfer and just toss the router. I had another ingenious idea, why not take the router apart and take the male and female jack and plug as well?

Yeah, its as easy as that, just "pop" it open. OF COURSE the crapping thing had to have some obnoxious star/hex nut design so I just hit the crapping crapper with a hammer multiple times and busted it open.

TADA!

Here was my prize:

<--- You like that male on female action don't you!?

 

 

Heres another video:

Heres the video

I sound Canadian in that for some reason...

 

Oh and btw the monitor has been on for over an hour and a half and hasn't spasm'd yet...

 

I officially call this mod a success!

[iKillSteal]

Impressive ghettoing right there. I approve! Now you don't have to worry about it overheating, only it randomly exploding.

[jammin]

Not elegant, and not quiet either (I'd bet if you ran the fan off 5v it would be just as effective).

But if it works, then it works I guess.

 

If it survives for long periods then I think you can call it a true success.

[Andrewr05]

Not elegant, and not quiet either (I'd bet if you ran the fan off 5v it would be just as effective).

But if it works, then it works I guess.

Yea, I probably could have but I didn't have a lower voltage 12vdc adapter and don't care much about the sound...

[jammin]

The noise would drive me nuts personally (especially with it being right in front of my face), but different strokes for different folks and all that.

[Andrewr05]

The noise would drive me nuts personally (especially with it being right in front of my face), but different strokes for different folks and all that.

It really doesn't bother me at all, in fact I'm turning on my laptop fan now (which is louder)

and it doesn't even bother me...

[Comp Dude2]

LOL.......that was an awsome read, your definatly not going to be claiming on the warrenty now Gj!

[Andrewr05]

LOL.......that was an awsome read, your definatly not going to be claiming on the warrenty now Gj!

Thanks, I'm not sure how well I would have gotten it RMA's anyways as it was a little banged up...

Now theres no way in hell they ever take it back!

[kingdingeling]

As the ghetto cooling master, I give this mod a 10/10 for ghettoness and a 9/10 for effectiveness, as it's a tad bit on the loud side

[Andrewr05]

As the ghetto cooling master, I give this mod a 10/10 for ghettoness and a 9/10 for effectiveness, as it's a tad bit on the loud side

Why thank you sir!

 

I ripped it out of an old P2 case, it actually pushes quite a bit of air...

 

Anyways I ran the monitor till about 4AM and it didn't cut out or even flicker, I'd say ~10 hours could be considered quite good if it couldn't even stay on for 15 before...

Edited April 5, 2008 by Andrewr05

[hardnrg]

Nice work dude

[davidst]

Great job! I have a 20" Vizio lcd Tv that wigs out after being on a hour or so, your giving me ideas