Planar PL1911M LCD Monitor - How to open the case?

[GeorgeL]

My 7 year old Planar PL1911M LCD monitor has been acting up recently, it shuts down completely then in a few seconds it turns itself on then this gets repeated throughout the day, sometimes it stays on for 30 minutes but at another time it goes off and on in every 5-10 seconds.

So, I decided to open it up to see which capacitors need to be replaced and/or ordered but I got stuck right after removing all screws that holds the back. I just simply cannot figure out how you supposed to pry the back cover off without doing damage the plastic cover itself.

Could someone help me with some insight and share the trick with me?

[Rtech]

Re: Planar PL1911M LCD Monitor - How to open the case?

Try with your fingers to ease off the front surround by lifting it slightly from the screen, try the top then the bottom then the sides, and hopefully you will be able to create a gap between the back and surround then work your way around using some sort of implement to open all the way.

[GeorgeL]

Re: Planar PL1911M LCD Monitor - How to open the case?

Before I posted my question I did watch several videos on Youtube about how to remove the back or the faceplate of LCD monitors, (none of them was about Planar monitor though), so your instruction sounds familiar to me but the plastic frame is sitting on this monitor so tightly that I thought that maybe there is some trick with Planar monitors that I supposed to know and use before I crack or break the faceplate.