Almost a year later.... I realized that by flipping the 7" display upside-down, it is now perfectly viewable. Before, I had to stoop down to see it. Took a bit of Dremeling to get it in there; but it's much better now.
So, just a reminder to everyone to check the viewing angles of their monitors. They might look better mounted upside down.
Also, I was eventually able to track down my cab turning itself on to a BIOS setting on the motherboard in my PC.