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I have a non-VESA 21" LCD display from 2003, and I want to put it on a VESA arm. I figured I would at least find some sort of overpriced industrial solution for this, but so far I've found absolutely nothing. I'm either searching for the wrong thing or there just isn't a market for it.

update: the monitor is a formac 2010

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Various industrial strength adhesives/epoxy's come to mind. 3M 5200 fast cure is one...shop3m.com/…, G Flex is another...jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do? – Moab Jan 6 at 0:56
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Easiest but most dangerous way - Buy a drill and make a few holes.

Ugliest way but will work - use glue or sellotape.

After this, I am sorry, there just isn't a way I have seen apart from ugly harnesses that go around the entire monitor.

If I was you, the best thing you can do is buy a VESA mount monitor. If your monitor is from 2003, you will most likely be able to get a second hand monitor of higher specification that has a VESA mount for cheaper than any adapter/harness/whatever that you can buy.

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you might want to reinforce the area behind the holes as well - most vesa mounts seem to have strips of thin metal as reinforcement behind it. – Journeyman Geek Jan 6 at 4:14
i updated the question with my monitor model – John Jan 6 at 4:19
@william-hilsum -- do the ugly harnesses exist? i thought they would but i haven't been able to find them. My display's specs are just fine -- 21", 1600x1200, still looks gorgeous. – John Jan 6 at 4:20
thats a bizarrely shaped system. That said,another alternative might be to find a CRT mount and use that – Journeyman Geek Jan 6 at 7:33
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I would first try searching for VESA plate adapters on Google. That turns up this site which might have what you need. I don't really know the model of the monitor that you want to mount, but a search for any VESA adapters should get what you're looking for.

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These adapter plates require that your screen actually supports VESA mounting — they just change the sizes. For example this one requires a VESA screen with 200x100 screw holes, and makes it work with a 75x75 mount. – Daniel Beck Jan 6 at 0:43
What is the model of your monitor? – GatorAlli Jan 6 at 0:47
i updated the question with my monitor model – John Jan 6 at 4:19
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