I was wondering if i could take my monitor apart and vaccum it out,i got it at a yard sale,a year ago,it is a compaq mv940,i was just curious,i really don't have a problem,i was just curious,

desperate , why that? are you in uSA>???? locations matter.!!!
its an old monitor , buy a new one, and end this love of old Compaq's
yous posted with on only the word ribbon, why?
the cable on the outside, is a round heavy VGA cable.
so is not a ribbon
so that tells me you took this old monitor apart, right?
and broke or lost a ribbon?
the only parts for this is used off EBAY.

i looked for you, and see none, its old and now rare. 2001 made.
16 long long years ago, and now forgotten by all..
buy a new monitor, its not work spending case on old things.
see $60 monitors? here in USA>

http://pcdied.com/cheaper.html


tell me how can you fix something and beat that price.
lacking parts, is impossible.

best place to look for one would be www.craigslist.com

Sounds like you have a bad connection somewhere inside the monitor or cable. Try using a different cable (if possible) or trying a friends monitor. If it works fine, then you know that's your problem. CRT monitors are very inexpensive nowadays, and you might be able to find one at a yard sale or thrift store for pretty cheap instead of trying to get it repaired. Hope this helps!

2003 is the first one made, 14 years old it sure can be.
new to you sure,.
all monitors, from 2000 to 2010 year, are backlighted with
crude CCFL maps, that last for 2 years (shortest life full time)
the all go bad, ever one , if USED, lots.
they all: endup soon.
1: dim
2: yellow tubes.
3: flicker ands strobe (not the data just the back lamps)
4: dead.
5: totally interminttant.
just like the forecent lamps im garage and for the same reasons.
6: the osd goes dead to when above happens. menu key on monitor front, but not data seen with flash light trick.
learn when 4 happens, above, do this.

http://pcdied.com/monitors.html#flashlighttest


manual.
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/30069/Hp-F1523.html#manual


buy monitor 2011 and newer, and this pain above goes byebye
at the introduction of wonderful, LED backlamps.

I never heard of this ... but there is a lot I never heard of.

Are you telling me that you must run NT (New Technology) (a version of Windows) for this monitor to work? I dont know where you will find this software that predates Windows 2000, unless you find it at E-bay or a company yard sale.

I think Id be inclined to plug it into just about any computer and let windows load a driver for it. It is a VGA monitor, right???

Please let me know what happens.

thanks

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a 1999 PC LT, runs windows CE?

step 1 is getting the correct driver for that PCMCIA (pc-card)
that matches Windows CE>
supported ended in 2010 , 7 years ago, why use this?

OMG , its so old it has NO USB PORTS !!!
sales ended 2005, 12 years ago on the card.
VISTA, XP,CE and all older OS , support ended long ago.
for sure microsoft Plug and Play severs. are now dead.


this PC has value of $0 at Ebay.
the only hope is endless, all day goggle searched the dard web
and finding CD drivers for PC-cards. and infections as door prize.

reinstall the audio driver for vista,and then use the speaker it will works

They are designed to be curious adult proof, hand it to your local 5 year old and it will be apart in no time =)

There are a few screws that tend to blend in on these, plus most of the case is held together with internal clips that will pop apart when enough pressure is applied.

Ok, now onto your power problem. There will most likely be a fuse (it won't look anything like any fuse you have seen before) near where the battery pack connects to the circuit board. It will probably be white in colour and only 1 or 2 mm long. It will look like most of the other components on the board but will have a marking nearby starting with "F" like F101 or something along those lines. The "F" is obviously for fuse.
Check any of those you see with a multimeter for continuity since there will be no physical damage to it.

Hope that helps =)

You can get around this however it's not to easy. You would have to take the unit apart and locate the BIOS chip, this chip needs to pulled out, aswell as removing the the CR2032 battery which stores time and date on the computer. Leave both of these removed for a few minutes and re-install. This should wipe the password out. Like I said though it's not something that's easily done. Good Luck Hope this helps. L8R