On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:18:28 -0700, Jeroni Paul wrote:

Could it be it had a heat sink attached and it fell? Or is it expected
to be mounted with the IC in contact with some metal frame?

Nope.. it's a surface mount device within a metal cage with about 2 cm
clearance between it and cage wall, and no fan. Only cooling is some
perforations in the cage and fins in the sides of the back case.

I'm curious if the controller ICs in other LCD monitors typically run
this hot (pretty much too hot to touch) and without heatsinks.