DVI screws hack for Clevo P150

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Hi
so, say you ve spent 1600 euros for a “gaming” laptop (i7, SSD, GTX, etc) and you find out that the DVI socket has no safety screw, say now your warranty is over, say you own a dremel…

DISCLAIMER: no animals were harmed during the hack

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marking the holes

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using a threaded pin from another VGA adapter


ready!


see how the male-female adapter has benn screwed all the way through the socket

2

cool, so the holes are already in place just covered by the outer plastic shell?

3

Exactly, I was ready to epoxy the whole thing together but then I realized that the holes in the DVI socket are threaded.
The only counterpart here now is that if any stress is applied it will be transferred to the mainboard.

4

also be careful where you place the cable then, if someone stumbles over it, you made sure that the laptop gets torn away… apple had a good reason for inventing the magnetic plug for the AC adapter.

5

Yep, when doing some VJing at a wild private techno party, a little error/unplugged cable can be admitted, the same can t be said when you are doing a one off show in a theatre. Safety screws apply to the latter…
I am also thinking about glueing the screws to the outer shell but it could be a problem if I d need to pop open the laptop in the future.
S.