Make a Cat Bed from a Computer Monitor

Step 3 Taking it apart

Every Monitor, I have come across dismantles a little bit differently.. so I'm going to give you the theory, hoping you will know that you may have to apply it a little differently in each case.

Place the monitor face down.
Makes life easier in the long run.

Remove the stand.
Remove the stand the on the bottom of the monitor (your cat may not appreciate rocking back and forth).  They often have a little trick, a plastic slot that you have to press, and they will then slide off.  I have once encountered one, you actually had to rotate in order to remove it.

Find all the Screws
Find every screw you can see, and unscrew it.  (Save these outside screws.. in order to reassemble it when you're done.)

Find all the Plastic Tabs
On many monitors, there are little trick plastic tabs you have to find in order to pop open the outer case.  They are sometimes in the back near the outlet cord... Other times, often in the seam between the front of the monitor and the back.

Jiggle Test
My scientific term, for making sure you've found all the screws, and plastic latches...  Jiggle test repeatedly, until you find ALL the screws and tabs... the 2 haves will then separate easily.