Monitor Mod

G-Dubs

G-Dubs

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Got given an old beige monitor. Good woking order but very sad looking.

Thought i'd see if I could bring it up to date a little.

Here's the sorry little chap

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Stand removed and screen masked (many thanks to Mrs Dubs for donating an old "Homes and Gardens" Magazine, and no, I couldn't possibly use one of my PC magazines instead.

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Keyed up and ready for primer/undercoat.

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Woah! Take it apart man. The front bezel should come off with very little fuss, and will save you a boat load of hassle.
 
I think you should take the whole thing apart, and house it inside a working PC.
Basically, cut a big monitor sized hole in the side panel, whack the monitor in there... CHA CHING... You could put like, all sorts on that monitor then!
 
little bit more progress on this tonight, in between laying down the copper on the Modzart project and sorting the name for the server build. BTW many thanks to those who have contributed their ideas to that thread, very much appreciated. For those of you who haven't and might like to help suggest a name for my next project, head over here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18304147


So I got the primer on the monitor tonight. A lovely still night so I could spray outside

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The halfords rattle can was not behaving itself however. Dodgy nozzle I think led to lots of clumping and drips from the nozzle which is very rare and thankfully I managed to keep off the job.

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All finished off with a stunning sunset and a glass of Wine with Mrs Dubs


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What? you weren't thinking I was going to post a picture of Mrs Dubs were you??? More than my lifes worth that...
 
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Weather's been nice again this weekend so along with the work on Modzart i've managed to get the first few top coats onto the monitor.

I'm using a Plastikote "Metallic Black" paint. It was one I was originally thinking of using for the Modzart case but went for Matte black instead, so just using up the can.

I have to say I'm actually quite taken with the colour after all.

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TheYoungster said:
May I ask what you do with the finished product/s/?
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This is really just and experiment TBH. I've not got any real plans for it, but might use it as a monitor for a server or something. Most likely it will just sit on the side and do nothing.

Evoss said:
Looks so much better. Nice
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I wonder what the new black will be in 5-10 years? I'm very into my HiFi also and remember that at one point it was all black. Then it went through a massive silver phase. only each manufacturer had a slightly diferrent type of silver. Then....in the words of AC-DC it all went "back to black"
 
G-Dubs said:
I wonder what the new black will be in 5-10 years? I'm very into my HiFi also and remember that at one point it was all black. Then it went through a massive silver phase. only each manufacturer had a slightly diferrent type of silver. Then....in the words of AC-DC it all went "back to black"
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They say the new black is white, with cars anyway.
 
Evoss said:
They say the new black is white, with cars anyway.
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That's lucky cos Black it is :)

Flipped over to top coat the front of the bezel

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On goes the top coat.

The photos don't really do the metallic Black justice, It's really quite nice. Essentially high gloss black with metallic monocromatic particles (as in not multi rainbow flipping coloured)

Still a few more coats to go but you get the idea.

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Halfords spray cans generally arent bad to be honest. but you do get the occasional one thats horrendous =[ Anyway, good job on your monitor, i might do it to one of my older ones before i start using it for benching purposes.
 
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