Does anyone recognize this connector?

My uncle was able to find a COMPAQ PRESARIO FP725D flat screen PC monitor which would make a totally good second monitor, except I cannot for the life of me figure out what kind of connector it has! It is not VGA or DVI. I will upload a pic of the monitor and its connector, and if anyone can identify it I would appreciate it

the monitor


the connector in question

 

Ahh!! I know this! It is a PROPRIETARY stupid Compaq monitor plug... Very rare indeed... I think I MAY actually have a video card laying around with that type of plug on it... Other than that you can get adapters...

Compaq thought it would be genius to make an "easier to connect without a pin breaking" solution to the dumb @$$'s out there that couldn't connect a VGA cable (It is just VGA quality anyways). In the end they failed (as most Compaq crap did)

Let me see if I can find that video card...

 

i will need to look for a Compaq whatever connector to VGA adaptor then, as I wanted to try and use that as a second display for laptops...

 

While searching for an adaptor, I found out that the proprietary connector is called DFP, and was actually a digital standard (although it was replaced years ago by the much superior DVI standard). DFP to DVI adaptors exist and are available cheaply, but DFP to VGA adaptors do not exist...

 

If you can find the pin out of that connector, why not to modified to standard one VGA or DVI. Its just need a soldering at the back of the connector. How s that. It is more easy and practical solution.


ohlip

 

go dfp to dvi, then dvi to vga? somewhat prone to loss i guess, but you are using vga...

 

DFP stands for Digital Flat Panel; it is a DIGITAL-ONLY connection using PanelLink protocol which will talk directly with the T-con of most 1st and 2nd generation flat-panel displays. This is a foundation protocol for most pre-PCIE 2.0 video cards with DVI; however many manufacturers have stopped including support in recent model cards.

There is no adapter which will allow you to connect it to a VGA port; VGA is Analog ONLY.

Do NOT get burned by the DVI-A/DVI-D confusion. The DVI specification includes pinouts for BOTH a digital connection (DVI-D) and Analog VGA (DVI-A) connection within the same D-sub connector; they are completely discrete connections and you cannot connect a digital-only monitor to the analog-only portion of that connector.

mnem
Another antique...

 

Mnem..... How do you keep all of this stuff in your brain? Corks?

 

WELL EXCUSE ME FOR BEING WRONG! Good lord you crazy $%%&*@@~!~~!

 

Yes.

Custom-molded polysilicate/carbon-nanotube ones with molecular-covalent adhesive to keep the stuff from leaking out. I make them myself, since I'm still waiting for them to open the Utopia Planitia shipyard where I can just buy them from the commissary...

Define $%%&*@@~!~~! :wink:

mnem
Superannuated scaly old $%%&*@@~!~~!