I am wondering if anyone has any experience with debezeling a monitor. I have searched other forums but haven't found much helpful information.
I currently have 3 Samsung P2250HD monitors in eyefinity. They are the "touch of color" series, which means that they have a thicker colored bezel for aesthetics. I am wondering if any monitor is ultimately debezel-able or if there are certain considerations for different monitors that make them unable to be safely torn down without bricking them. Does anyone have any experience with this?
You can do that with any monitor you just want to make sure that you pretect the components from short circuiting. If you are planing on putting it in a new case you need to think about cooling. And if its a crt leave it alone they are dangerous
That model looks like it would be the same as debezeling my asus vw246's. I had all three bezels off in about 10 minutes. It's very easy, just be careful. Everything should literally just snap apart then disconnect the attached wireing to the buttons. I used electrical tape to cover the metal shroud so it wouldn't look so bad but it helps when running portrait mode eyefinity!
I also debezeled a CRT a while back.. that shit was scary! If you touch the capicitor it's lights out!!!
Good to hear! I will try this out next weekend when I have some time, and post my experience.
EDIT: I just realized that the monitor you pointed out has physical buttons for on/off, settings, etc. The buttons on the P2250HD are touch sensitive (i.e., there are buttons engraved on the bezel and touch sensors under each rather than physical buttons).
FYI, for anyone with the P2250HD or any other touch of color series monitor from Samsung, you CAN NOT debezel the monitor. I had been wondering this for awhile, but after prying open my P2250HD, I can now confirm that it cannot be done. The touch sensors are embedded into the monitor and can not be taken off. Also, the VESA mounting holes are on the bezel only. There are no threads to screw into after you have the bezel removed. Lastly, it seems the pcb and all other circuitry are held up by the bezel. Once the bezel is removed, everything is loosely held together and not all screwed up in a nice package.
So, for anyone out there who might be curious about the Samsung touch of color series or who might come across this through a Google search, my advice is to purchase a new set of monitors if you want a truly seemless looking eyefinity set up.