Trinitron, won't fully turn on.

Question

I have a trinitron monitor, that was working great for awhile, but, it just started doing something wierd.  I plug it in, and the light turns green, makes the normal chirping noise that it always makes when it turns on, but then the light goes back to orange within a second or two, with no activity on the monitor itself, it does this over and over again, and i dont know why...   Its almost definitely not under warranty anymore (i dont have the box or any of the papers anymore anyways), so please dont just tell me to send it back... (unless someone has managed to do that, after their warranty expired)

DELL-Jesse L · Answer

DarkStar723,

Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.

It could very well be the video card that is the problem. It the monitor is not receiving a signal from the video card that is what will happen.

What model monitor do you have connected to the system? I will send you some information on performing a monitor self test to see if the monitor is working or not. If you have another monitor that you know works then, connect it to the system to see if the problem persist.

DarkStar723 · Answer

Oh sorry, i forgot to mention that it does this whether its hooked up to the video card or not, and ive tried it on 3 computers thus far, and it works on none of them (other monitors do, just not this one).  Ive already tried the self test, and it doesnt seem to do anything...  Im pretty sure the monitor is a trinitron p992 (im guessing that thats the model number, i dont see any other numbers featured prominently...)

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