Hello there. I'm in a desperate need for a spare "ribbon cable" for a COMPAQ TFT5010 monitor. Any information on this matter, would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Best regards.

Please replace it with a brand new flex cable. Please post the "4 tiles miniature screen".

there are no ribbon cables in that desktop... there are only ide cables.. and they only fit in one place.. the ide slot.. doesn't matter which one you plug the devices in to

Are you sure about power supply section? no bad caps with bulging tops at all, some bad cap may have flat tops but have high ESR.
http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
http://www.badcaps.net

Send me pictures if you are not sure, [email protected]

Check the power supply first for bad caps (bulging tops and bottom seals). Post back so we help you further, example: http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums

If its an IDE cable (Flat wide one) ensure the last drive (Operating system) one is plugged in here set to MASTER, with the slave drive connected along this ribbon set to SLAVE.

If SATA cable usually narrow and red plug into any SATA port on the mobo, doesnt matter which order.

Check first your signal cable from cpu to monitor, reseat or retighten its nut. Or test it using an spare monitor, if this also happens. If it does not then its practical to have the monitor be replaced.

Other way around like fixing its cable is also a consideration it maybe also a broken connection.

Good, I have seen this before. Thanks for asking at Fixya!

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IT is 18 years OLD so has CCFL back lamps that all turn yellow.
is that it? if the OSD is yellow the (white looks yellow) that means the CCFL black lamp tubes are Shot.
i cant see what you see, no photos posted.

ok the monitor has and OSD, on screen display
i see you found that. but then fail to say what you saw there.
"you could see the background on the text as white. "

what does that mean,?
no matter what that is a bad Monitor.
the OSD works with no computer at all, so if the OSD fails
OSD brain, inside, then the monitor is bad.
all monitors worked previously so is not key to why its failing now.
only the tests now, matter. today/

my post above is for any monitor that fails the OSD tests
no PC turned off. or connected to any PC that works
the PC resolution must never exceed

1024 × 768 at 75 Hz Refresh Rate

on this old old dog. or the screen goes back with error
OUT OF RANGE.

IT may be simple as reseating the ribbon cable on the side of the LCD display- the initial problem indicated that, but now the cable may have become totally unseated. Otherwise it may be just a bad cable. Try plugging the Laptop into a CRT or external monitor, if the picture is fine, reseat or replace the connecting cable to the LCD panel in the laptop. Kegtapper