TFT monitor cable question

[Stefan Toftevall]

Hello boys and girls!
I like to ask you this: I recently got a 15" TFT computer monitor from
a friend, it was dead and he didn't like to fix it, so I simply took
it.
The actual problem with it was its smps, which I repaired and it
operates good.
(the usual stuff like dried up electrolytes and a broken 3842, routine
work!)
Well, the real problem is, since I want to use this TFT, the cable
going to the PC has a very weird kind of contact, it's not the usual
type of D-SUB it's used to be for PC monitors.
The model of this TFT is COMPAQ FP500, and it seems like there are
some special "COMPAQ" type of contact cause I haven't seen it anywhere
else before.
I want to cut that off and connect it to a standard D-SUB so it's
possible for me to use it together my PC. Therefore I want information
of what signals a monitor requires except for R G B (these wires are
actually colored in the same way as their color-signals they feed). In
the "Compaq" plug there are 22 pins. Maybe some of you have the
knowledge of how this can be done.

Best regards
Stefan

 

[Andy Cuffe]

Hello boys and girls!
I like to ask you this: I recently got a 15" TFT computer monitor from
a friend, it was dead and he didn't like to fix it, so I simply took
it.
The actual problem with it was its smps, which I repaired and it
operates good.
(the usual stuff like dried up electrolytes and a broken 3842, routine
work!)
Well, the real problem is, since I want to use this TFT, the cable
going to the PC has a very weird kind of contact, it's not the usual
type of D-SUB it's used to be for PC monitors.
The model of this TFT is COMPAQ FP500, and it seems like there are
some special "COMPAQ" type of contact cause I haven't seen it anywhere
else before.
I want to cut that off and connect it to a standard D-SUB so it's
possible for me to use it together my PC. Therefore I want information
of what signals a monitor requires except for R G B (these wires are
actually colored in the same way as their color-signals they feed). In
the "Compaq" plug there are 22 pins. Maybe some of you have the
knowledge of how this can be done.

Best regards
Stefan

Are you sure that's not a DVI connector?
Andy Cuffe
[email protected]

 

[Jerry G.]

It may be a DVI type connector. You would have to use a DVI display card if
this is the case. You should call the Compaq tech line to find out. They may
have an adaptor that can work with the monitor you have.

--

Jerry G.
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Hello boys and girls!
I like to ask you this: I recently got a 15" TFT computer monitor from
a friend, it was dead and he didn't like to fix it, so I simply took
it.
The actual problem with it was its smps, which I repaired and it
operates good.
(the usual stuff like dried up electrolytes and a broken 3842, routine
work!)
Well, the real problem is, since I want to use this TFT, the cable
going to the PC has a very weird kind of contact, it's not the usual
type of D-SUB it's used to be for PC monitors.
The model of this TFT is COMPAQ FP500, and it seems like there are
some special "COMPAQ" type of contact cause I haven't seen it anywhere
else before.
I want to cut that off and connect it to a standard D-SUB so it's
possible for me to use it together my PC. Therefore I want information
of what signals a monitor requires except for R G B (these wires are
actually colored in the same way as their color-signals they feed). In
the "Compaq" plug there are 22 pins. Maybe some of you have the
knowledge of how this can be done.

Best regards
Stefan

 

[Eugen T]

There are DVI->VGA adaptors. $5 on ebay.