Great tutorial, I was able to do this project a few years ago but using a raspberry pi inside with a video loop and accessed via vnc to keep PC free of extra work. Great job!
I've been thinking about doing this mod myself for a few years now, especially now I'm thinking about a new build. The pi-route is the way I'd go too, set and forget, maybe hook the pi up to on-board usb for power and script the display loop on startup.
This is actually really smart how it works. Correct me if I'm wrong, but when the screen turns on its opening the filters that would normally allow the backlight to come through which would be coloured from the reflectors, but since there is no backlight panel, or reflector on the screen it just turns transparent.
@@Ananords Thanks for confirming. I've been contemplating doing it to my case, but it has 2 glass panels so I'm thinking of getting custom ones made for it. But for now ill enjoy being able to see into my case until I can afford upgrades lol.
@Ananords so the LEDs that were put on the sides and top are there so that the black objects moving on the display screen are viewable right? They can be powered from a separate power supply?
@@TheSocialPraxis yeah, the extra light strip's are just to light the inside to make it more obvious. So if you haven't already got rainbow vomit spammed throughout your pc you'll probably want to add a light in
Oh man, this is an Awesome mod. I'm thinking about trying it myself. Nothing to loose, the LCD you use is available for 20€ and i got the same case. Only think you loose is time, and i was thinking about doing case modding for so long, so this is a good starting point :'D Also thanks for your written instruction, you clearly got my sub for this! :)
I just learned about this mod and this was the first video i found about it. Awesome job and craftsmanship! I'm going to start sourcing parts to do this for my winter project.
Ok this is definitely going to be my next project, like this is the coolest thing I've seen in a very long time. Just gotta find an lcd that would fit my case.
You know I'm curious why someone would give this a thumbs down. To me it's clearly a very clever build that was recorded and edited very well. A lot of hard work went into the build and the video production. One thing I'd like to add is that this looks like a great opportunity to use a raspberry pi zero to drive the display without using the PC's GPU. The Pi zero can easily do 1080P video with VNC access.
you left out all the electrical lmao this vid is basically just taking apart a monitor and taping it to a glass side panel , could of at least showed us how you hooked up power and display when you did the test run...
I did it. To make the screen more transparent, set the monitor settings brightness and contrast to maximum. And Bad Apple is best wallpaper for this project. Let me know, if you will find more cool black and white wallpaper c:
I was wondering if this was still being talked about, and done by case modders. I did my own snowblind mod, but my variation uses all plug and play componants that are powered off of the USB of the motherboard, including the display, granted it is more expensive than the tearing down an old scrap monitor like most people do method but, it is still cheaper than buying the case from ibuypower, and it can be done to virtually any case, and swapped between cases pretty easily. I bet even a small form factor pc could be done. Good work. I may post a video of my version so that people who want a version that doesn't require soldering can try my version.
@@BlahBlah-oj2dy ok. I'm actually going to do a refresh of mine as I found better light strips for the back lighting, so i'll work on getting a video up.
@@poke__8413 I have the first part filmed already. I'll finish filming tomorrow after im off work, so should be posted late tomorrow or early Saturday.
@@NVRMTmotion The water wears down the adhesive holding the sheet to the LCD but it needs time to penetrate the sheet. That's why it takes such a long time.
I tried this and accidentally EMP'd everything within 15 miles of my home and now the NSA says I'm going on vacation to some place called Guantanamo. Sounds tropical, I'm gonna bring my Hawaiian shirt! 🤘😎🤙
Take a continuity test between one of the mounting holes (often grounded) and the pins to find GND. Then, measure voltage between that pin and the rest. You can also try googling the serial number of the power supply and driver board.
I just did this mod with a simpler monitor I found for free. It was cool at first, but you have to have a shitton of LED backlighting for it, and it bleeds out the side of the case pretty bad. Maybe not great for the h510 case, but it’s still cool
05:28 nice job but i couldn't see what you soldered to which pin. u wrote voltages but after u soldered only 2 gnd (black cable) to pins. can u give me detail
I have been keeping my eye out for this display for a few months now due to its aspect ratio and just picked up two for free, i could use any panel with an LVDS driver board but wanted this screen because of its shape but the ease of using the existing driver board is so trivial its not even worth using an aftermarket LVDS board and to make things even easier, my screens board has the voltages printed on the PCB next to each pin!
I am having the same issue. I have found 2 that are +5v and other various voltages. I'd assume they all still have to be powered, I have no idea how though.
You probably only need to power the 5V lines. In my case 3 of the pins where 5V and connected together. You can do a continuity test and see if yours are connected together.
Why did you remove the "top layer" as that looks to me like you just removed the polarization filter and is required for an LCD to work. Or was that a different layer of film/plastic? Because when you remove the polarization filter all you see is straight through (with a backlight, white) so I'm not quite sure what is going on lol.
I did this to my Minivan Windows. But due to the TINT of the glass, it was hard getting a good image out unless it was Pitch dark around the car with the upgraded LED Dome lights. I had to add extra lights to the windows, and they worked out ok. The next big step is semi Flexible transparent OLED displays like LG showed off on Linus Tech TIps. I've seen the small ones, and they are cool. But I'm going to need more like a 10 inch screen or larger to make it worthwhile. I tried using Micro projectors, and they worked out pretty well that way. I used a Asus Chrombook with the HDMI out, and it worked a treat. Same with some Samsung Tab Pro320 tablets with the Samsung MHL adapter. Today? I think' I'll just use a some Amazon FIre sticks.
Did you see the "new" display of Sun Vision "Featuring RLCD Technology" ?? Are you able to replace the backlight with a mirror or any other reflective material to convert/make own RLCD ? some kind of DIY.
Attempted to do this with an lg l1952s-sf, it wasn't as clear as your's, it was like looking through foggy glass and no amount of lighting helped. it had anti glare layers on BOTH sides, eventually scrapped it :(
You would just add more of the vynil or electrical tap to hide the area of the side panel that isn't the screen. This would essentially make a bezel around the screen.
how did you determine which 5v connectors to connect to your psu? I dont understand how you foudn the continuity of the 5v and did you connect them yourself, o did you mean that theyre already connected by design and determined through the continuity tests? confused on this part.
Can you program like anime type of animations on it? Like the ibuypowers snowblind case cause i just to make the panel not the whole case the cast sucks. Im gonna be making this for a corsair 4000d/5000d airflow case would i be able to do this with that case?
I have the same case, wondering how to hide the small board that runs the length of the screen? Do you have any pictures of how you mounted the controller board? Thanks!
Why need to disconnect the power and add sata or molex? Could you just lay the boards out of the way? I feel like you’re basically keeping the monitor with original connections but removing all case hardware, film, and backlight?
Will have to try, but I do not want to have it as another separate monitor... will have to take a look on some solution to keep it somehow separate from my setup... 🤔
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I love how you explain what you're doing.... I tried doing this myself and now my car doesn't even work
Who?
@@SSMSouthernFlow ur Mom
@@xrets I’m not a mom 😐
@@ImDead1nside Mom
@@ImDead1nside not yet
I personally think this is the best DIY use case of a transparent display ive seen. Looks great, love everything about it
My monitor must have been sweating bullets while showing me this video
i wanted to do this but after watching your very informative video i choose to no longer do this
Why not? What are the parts you're most afraid of
I don't think you understand the amount of laughter I was to obtain from your comment
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us
This was excactly me. 😂
If you know, what you are doing, nothing will happen. Or use a old laptop screen with a LVDS/eDP controller.
i got my nephew a H510 for xmas. i also happen to have a old lcd monitor laying around. wish me luck lol
Hey how did it go?
@@jordancst115 he's still working on it
did it work
Probably dead now... Wired the main power line from the house to his LCD controller board.
Are u Alive? How did it go?
Wow I thought RGB was for the cool kids, this is next level
RBG is for the cool kid, this is for them nerds who got left out because he used pc and not console
I can't stop thinking about this guy invention of black light
Great tutorial, I was able to do this project a few years ago but using a raspberry pi inside with a video loop and accessed via vnc to keep PC free of extra work. Great job!
I've been thinking about doing this mod myself for a few years now, especially now I'm thinking about a new build. The pi-route is the way I'd go too, set and forget, maybe hook the pi up to on-board usb for power and script the display loop on startup.
Rpi 4 is out would be a good time to do it. Send a link to yalls do it yourself mods. Would like to do it but all the volt meter work intimidates me
@@matthewwyers4342 May I got the link too?
This is actually really smart how it works.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when the screen turns on its opening the filters that would normally allow the backlight to come through which would be coloured from the reflectors, but since there is no backlight panel, or reflector on the screen it just turns transparent.
Yes! That is correct. White on a LCD is not actually showing white, it's just letting through the white backlight.
@@Ananords Thanks for confirming.
I've been contemplating doing it to my case, but it has 2 glass panels so I'm thinking of getting custom ones made for it.
But for now ill enjoy being able to see into my case until I can afford upgrades lol.
@Ananords so the LEDs that were put on the sides and top are there so that the black objects moving on the display screen are viewable right? They can be powered from a separate power supply?
@@TheSocialPraxis yeah, the extra light strip's are just to light the inside to make it more obvious. So if you haven't already got rainbow vomit spammed throughout your pc you'll probably want to add a light in
@ethancotton1549 😅😅 🌈 rock! Don't have them tho.
Thanks for the response 🤙🏽.
I really watned to do this but after seeing the amount of stuff I don't know how to do I unfortunately thought otherwise
don't give up bro. You only need a screw driver and a soldering iron....and water :) U only risk 5 dollar on a second hand monitor.
I actually thought it easier than I expected xd just take your time with it and you should be fine
You are talented and more importantly, you are the coolest computer guy in the world. I'm on it.
That's so not what I expected but a thousand times cooler :D.
Oh man, this is an Awesome mod.
I'm thinking about trying it myself. Nothing to loose, the LCD you use is available for 20€ and i got the same case.
Only think you loose is time, and i was thinking about doing case modding for so long, so this is a good starting point :'D
Also thanks for your written instruction, you clearly got my sub for this! :)
Have you done it yet?
@@est495 Nope! I got my LCD here but sadly i didn't had the time to build it :/
hows life
@@lxnesamurai.3485 so did u do it yet?
@@lxnesamurai.3485 u do it?
I just learned about this mod and this was the first video i found about it. Awesome job and craftsmanship! I'm going to start sourcing parts to do this for my winter project.
Ok this is definitely going to be my next project, like this is the coolest thing I've seen in a very long time. Just gotta find an lcd that would fit my case.
You know I'm curious why someone would give this a thumbs down. To me it's clearly a very clever build that was recorded and edited very well. A lot of hard work went into the build and the video production.
One thing I'd like to add is that this looks like a great opportunity to use a raspberry pi zero to drive the display without using the PC's GPU. The Pi zero can easily do 1080P video with VNC access.
Pi is what they are using for smart mirrors. So yea it definitely would work.
thumbs down.
you left out all the electrical lmao this vid is basically just taking apart a monitor and taping it to a glass side panel , could of at least showed us how you hooked up power and display when you did the test run...
I did it. To make the screen more transparent, set the monitor settings brightness and contrast to maximum. And Bad Apple is best wallpaper for this project. Let me know, if you will find more cool black and white wallpaper c:
I did this on the same case in march and I used the 1908fpt which fits 100% perfect on the side panel.
what case?
@@Cozme909 h510i
@@chalk_jr can i see ur build where did u place ur board?
add me on discord C-O-Z-M-E#1452
@@Cozme909 I had to cut a horizontal slit in the right verification metal support
Great video. Would you explain a bit more about the wiring as shown on the diagram in details with another video please?
The coolest I've seen in a while. Thanks for sharing.
thanks man, I made it. Saw same thing on reddit two years ago, been thinking about it since
Amazing, I wish I had that kind of skill and knowledge.
Wow !
I was wondering if this was still being talked about, and done by case modders. I did my own snowblind mod, but my variation uses all plug and play componants that are powered off of the USB of the motherboard, including the display, granted it is more expensive than the tearing down an old scrap monitor like most people do method but, it is still cheaper than buying the case from ibuypower, and it can be done to virtually any case, and swapped between cases pretty easily. I bet even a small form factor pc could be done. Good work. I may post a video of my version so that people who want a version that doesn't require soldering can try my version.
I really want to watch your version as I am trying to do this on my own but I don't know how to do soldering and don't have the equipment.
@@BlahBlah-oj2dy ok. I'm actually going to do a refresh of mine as I found better light strips for the back lighting, so i'll work on getting a video up.
@@ZXR_SBK When do you think you'll have it up?
@@poke__8413 I have the first part filmed already. I'll finish filming tomorrow after im off work, so should be posted late tomorrow or early Saturday.
@@ZXR_SBK Sweet, can't wait to see
would be super nice to see a showcase of how the items OTHER than the screen were hidden away
That tweet brought me here. Gotta buy an old monitor now!
Super badass. Great job!
Thanks!
Gonna do this for my first pc build, thank you for the guide
Did you ever do it?
@@aarynhale u know he didn't 💀
@@JJ-tn6fw LOL probably not, you never know though
@@aarynhale bro probably like 12 and had a dream pc build In his head but his parents said no when they asked them 💀
Coolest thing I have seen in a PC!
Great guide! Love the close up on the antiglare peal!
Why did water work though? Is that normal for anti glare removal, regardless of brand? Would never have thought it'd be that easy...
@@NVRMTmotion The water wears down the adhesive holding the sheet to the LCD but it needs time to penetrate the sheet. That's why it takes such a long time.
Always wanted to do this.
drop dead gorgeous !'m going to have to try it
Nice a cleaner version of what I made a year prior and mosquito made like 2 years before me
Wow this looks really easy and simple!!
10:28 :
I mean it's really not that complicated all things considered
I agree just go slow it's not a race once you get past your own self doubt you will be surprised what your capable of 🙂
I did this same mod with a Dell studio XPS 9000, looks fucking awesome with a painted white interior and the outside blacked out
I tried this and accidentally EMP'd everything within 15 miles of my home and now the NSA says I'm going on vacation to some place called Guantanamo. Sounds tropical, I'm gonna bring my Hawaiian shirt!
🤘😎🤙
i have the same monitor, AND the same case. gonna try this out for sure
nothing to lose either, the monitor was free
Awesome DIY vid! Any tutorial recommendation on how to find certain voltages in power pins?
Take a continuity test between one of the mounting holes (often grounded) and the pins to find GND. Then, measure voltage between that pin and the rest. You can also try googling the serial number of the power supply and driver board.
The schematics for the board are usually available on the internet but it's also very common for the traces to be labeled.
That’s super cool I’m gonna try this on my next pc
dude that looks sick!
wonderful idea, looks amazing! thanks for showing
All works perfectly, thanks for this)
I just did this mod with a simpler monitor I found for free.
It was cool at first, but you have to have a shitton of LED backlighting for it, and it bleeds out the side of the case pretty bad.
Maybe not great for the h510 case, but it’s still cool
You really helped me. Thanks
I had the same idea, it does look alot more complicated.... Food for thought
Amazing mod, need to learn this.
@Ananords really great work...
Hallo bräuchte sowas bitte ganz tolle Arbeit
Just ordered the exact screen you used and am gonna make this! Its awesome
Good luck 😊
I have the exact monitor, but don’t have the time to sit here for house on end to try to do this myself. Might wait until summer
Now iBuyPower sell your creation, amazing video by the way
I was confident in my abilities until around 5:00 where he started doing math equations and I was like nope.
The math equations is them writing down the voltage or amps or whatever it's called
Aka using those to find the power pins
05:28 nice job but i couldn't see what you soldered to which pin. u wrote voltages but after u soldered only 2 gnd (black cable) to pins. can u give me detail
I have been keeping my eye out for this display for a few months now due to its aspect ratio and just picked up two for free, i could use any panel with an LVDS driver board but wanted this screen because of its shape but the ease of using the existing driver board is so trivial its not even worth using an aftermarket LVDS board and to make things even easier, my screens board has the voltages printed on the PCB next to each pin!
This was cool ...nice job.
Easy to watch, hard to do. But the final result was really amazing
So the process for discovering the 5v is unknown to me. Anyway you can elaborate on that part since it’s sped up? That’s the only hang up I have.
I am having the same issue. I have found 2 that are +5v and other various voltages. I'd assume they all still have to be powered, I have no idea how though.
You probably only need to power the 5V lines. In my case 3 of the pins where 5V and connected together. You can do a continuity test and see if yours are connected together.
I need to figure out how to do this on a 65” Smart TV!
Wow, just need to find a monitor of the exact size for the Fractal design POP air
SUPERB AMAZING IDEA BRO !!!!!
You Sir ... Are Awesome!
ого, это же потрясающе!
"solder to a molex or Sata Connector with the correct voltage" Yeah sure easy haha
Great video. But dang if this isn't perfection with video music selection on the intro.
it's verry nice , good work !
Ah this video has aged well cheers to whoever can invest in this some how
Why did you remove the "top layer" as that looks to me like you just removed the polarization filter and is required for an LCD to work. Or was that a different layer of film/plastic? Because when you remove the polarization filter all you see is straight through (with a backlight, white) so I'm not quite sure what is going on lol.
That's the AG coating, the water helps separate it from the polariser.
If you don't do this you will have the foggy look.
looks nice!
Thanks for your video. Now I know I should not touch my screen.
I did this to my Minivan Windows. But due to the TINT of the glass, it was hard getting a good image out unless it was Pitch dark around the car with the upgraded LED Dome lights.
I had to add extra lights to the windows, and they worked out ok.
The next big step is semi Flexible transparent OLED displays like LG showed off on Linus Tech TIps. I've seen the small ones, and they are cool. But I'm going to need more like a 10 inch screen or larger to make it worthwhile.
I tried using Micro projectors, and they worked out pretty well that way.
I used a Asus Chrombook with the HDMI out, and it worked a treat. Same with some Samsung Tab Pro320 tablets with the Samsung MHL adapter.
Today? I think' I'll just use a some Amazon FIre sticks.
That's awesome. Assuming full coverage is obtainable, does the LCD provide for any "tinting" itself? Like drive around with them black = tint?
How is it you can see the screen without the polarising film ?
You also gotta love how they didnt even both showing you how to wire everything up at all
Did you see the "new" display of Sun Vision "Featuring RLCD Technology" ?? Are you able to replace the backlight with a mirror or any other reflective material to convert/make own RLCD ? some kind of DIY.
Attempted to do this with an lg l1952s-sf, it wasn't as clear as your's, it was like looking through foggy glass and no amount of lighting helped. it had anti glare layers on BOTH sides, eventually scrapped it :(
in my school we still have these old monitors Lmao
Pretty sick man !
Do you have any suggestion on how to do this if the monitor is smaller than the side panel?
Happy New Year, by the way 😁
You would just add more of the vynil or electrical tap to hide the area of the side panel that isn't the screen. This would essentially make a bezel around the screen.
got everything done but seems to be very dark and barley able to see even with a bunch of leds
i love this ur amazing u got my sub. I will build this
U HEARTED MY COMMENT!!!
Thanks for the sub! Really appreciate it:)
how did you determine which 5v connectors to connect to your psu? I dont understand how you foudn the continuity of the 5v and did you connect them yourself, o did you mean that theyre already connected by design and determined through the continuity tests? confused on this part.
Wow this is sick looking
There are widescreen USB powered LCD screens that seem to be suitable for PC case front panels. 16 inch wide 16:9 ones
Can you program like anime type of animations on it? Like the ibuypowers snowblind case cause i just to make the panel not the whole case the cast sucks. Im gonna be making this for a corsair 4000d/5000d airflow case would i be able to do this with that case?
Technically, you can just display a video or something of say hatsune miku dancing
what a ducking legend
This is insane
Hey, What liquid did you used for the Removing Process of the Top Layer? Iwan to make my own cause its so Cool:)
Water
Ещё и в любимом корпусе
Just Open the PC Take a Picture of the parts. Flextape a LCD To the Side and Set the Pictures with the parts as Background 😁
LOL
Can someone please elaborate on the "FIND THE POWER PINS" and the MOLEX CONNECTOR part? I really want to do this to my PC.
You should try this with the hyte Y60!
I have the same case, wondering how to hide the small board that runs the length of the screen? Do you have any pictures of how you mounted the controller board? Thanks!
My question with having a monitor as side panel doesn't that create more heat
I tried removing the top layer but it look like it was the polarizer filter.
Yeah is there a layer above the polarizing filter?
I was excited that maybe I could pull this off on my own, then I watched this and I realize that there is zero chance. lol
You could try! It wasn't that hard to be honest.
@@Ananords It looks really awesome, the part with the voltages and notes confuses me lol
@@domeskeetz same
Why need to disconnect the power and add sata or molex? Could you just lay the boards out of the way? I feel like you’re basically keeping the monitor with original connections but removing all case hardware, film, and backlight?
Will have to try, but I do not want to have it as another separate monitor... will have to take a look on some solution to keep it somehow separate from my setup... 🤔
Chromebook RDP
Which side of the film did you remove? I removed the front side and my display doesn’t look anywhere as bright as when you test yours
You need white background to make it brighter.
This works and looks best in white casing.
I am guessing you did this in a black or dark color casing.
Amazing, I would love this but i'm not good at all with anything like that this
nice but would have been nicer if you show how you secured the controller to pc . thanks
You dont actually need soldering, use the original powercable ,yes it is sketchier but if you dont have soldering iron :D
hmmmm lol