This can't be good.

[Sonny]

I came home today a saw my monitor flicking. Over the past 30+ minutes the flicking has faded away and stopped. What's the prognosis?

[Rson]

Short in the Backlight.

time for new monitor.

[Rson]

My guess is that if it was a signal issue you would have the message floating around "No signal"

And since the others aren't flashing one can assume that it is the monitor. Can you lsolate the monitor on another computer/Laptop?

[Charles Putnam]

"It's dead, Jim"

That's the monitor going out.

[kenw]

Backlight (or backlight power supply) is failing, it's basically a flourecent tube (or several). On many they are replaceable. Not the end of the world.

[Rson]

My more logical guess is the backlight is fine. The inverter is dying. Here is my thinking, have you ever seen an inverter go out on a Florescent light? It flickers the same. There is an inverter that runs the back light too.

DIY Tube replacement:
Inventgeek.com - LCD Backlight Repair - Overview

Parts:
LCD Repair | LCD Monitor And TV Repair, LCD Repair Parts, Touchscreen Repair

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by Rson

My guess is that if it was a signal issue you would have the message floating around "No signal"

And since the others aren't flashing one can assume that it is the monitor. Can you isolate the monitor on another computer/Laptop?

I know the monitor on the right flickers even worse when ever it's turned off for a few hours or over night. Check it out. When all this started back in October of 2010 I swapped this monitor with the monitor on the right.



Both of these (Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW) monitors are over six years old. Like I said earlier. They flicker but clear up after 20-30 minutes.

[sbp]

Originally Posted by Sonny

I know the monitor on the right flickers even worse when ever it's turned off for a few hours or over night. Check it out. When all this started back in October of 2010 I swapped this monitor with the monitor on the right.



Both of these (Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW) monitors are over six years old. Like I said earlier. They flicker but clear up after 20-30 minutes.

Bad cable? did you try to switch cable between two computer

[thaddeussmith]

uh oh ..your hard drive is shot.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by thaddeussmith

uh oh ..your hard drive is shot.

Nice try. I'm not as dumb as I look.

[thaddeussmith]

heheh ..just checking to see who's paying attention. ;)

[Rson]

Originally Posted by sbp

Bad cable? did you try to switch cable between two computer

If it was a cable, the monitor should post up "unusable signal"

So: Unplug the cable, wait for the message and see if it flickers. If it does the monitor is bad and since I am usually right, fix the inverter/Backlight. [sarcasm]

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by Rson

If it was a cable, the monitor should post up "unusable signal"

So: Unplug the cable, wait for the message and see if it flickers. If it does the monitor is bad and since I am usually right, fix the inverter/Backlight. [sarcasm]

DING, DING, DING, DING, DING! You sir are correct. After unplugging the DVI cable from the monitor, it continued to blink.

Now for the sad news. I've read the links you posted and um...I uh...I'm not so good with electronics. Plus my soldering skills are atrocious. Not sure what to do now. Maybe find a monitor repair shop and see how much they'll rape me.

Thanks for all your help Rich. You always come through.

[Rson]

You probably don't need to solder, now a days components are all plug and play. Pull the plugs on the old piece, plug in the new

[Rson]

The part is at least 50.00 plus labor.....Time to just bite the bullet and get a new monitor.