Now that we have our “offending” parts removed, we can concentrate on locating our cutout. Below I’ve done my best to center the module equidistant from both sides, a pre-existing cutout above, and the locking mechanism below. Once sure I had the correct placement, I traced the outline with a Sharpie® permanent marker to guide my cutting. Now in the right picture below some of you may be thinking “what about the natural curve of the Antec door?” We’ll deal with that later. Just make sure your lines are straight and even.

 

 

I’ll spare you the action shots of the actual cutting due to the fact that, if you’ve seen one Dremel at work, you’ve seen them all. Here is the completed cutout. Notice I only cut out the viewable area of the screen. This gives me a little extra around the sides to aid in affixing the module to the door.

 

 

Now with the module double sided taped in place, we’ll have to work on arranging the rest of the parts we removed earlier around the screen. Luckily I had enough room the fit them all on the door, but I suppose if one wanted to, you could also mount them else ware in the case. With all the wires extended and hooked back up to their respective places, its time to put a switch inline with our modules power. I chose to use a toggle switch salvaged from an old blacklight to give me control over the modules power. This isn’t a necessity but it should extend the life of the unit dramatically if you turn it off when not in use; especially if your computer runs for days on end without anyone in front of it.

 

 

Now remember that natural curve I mentioned earlier on? You can see below how much space that leaves between the module and the door at the top and bottom of the screen. To fill this gap, you can simply cut some pieces out of the scrap (from the main cut) to match the curve and glue them into place. These pieces also have a slight bend to them, but it can easily be flattened out with a hot iron. If you do use an iron, remember to cover the plastic with some fabric to prevent it from melting. Note the four pieces of double sided tape in the left picture. Once you’re sure everything fits correctly, you can permanently mount the module using either epoxy or hot glue. I would recommend hot glue to facilitate in removal of the module if it ever needs replacement.

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