Re: Viewsonic: repeated power off/on required to get display

Thanks for your response, Bill. Your 5,770(!) posts seem to indicate that you know what you're talking about and it matches what I'd expect. I shouldn't have too much difficulty replacing the caps, since I'm not entirely new to electronics. I'd really rather not have any downtime, so before I go cracking open the case - how sure are you that this is the problem? Also, if anyone else has any suggestions, I'd like to hear them too!

Hi,

I have an interesting problem with my Viewsonic monitor, that someone here might enjoy or know something about. I'd not very valuable, but as a matter of prinicple, I'd rather not throw it away since it works perfectly except for one thing.

From a fresh PC boot, the signal doesn't seem to be detected. If I turn off the monitor via the standby button and back on again, the monitor displays the image for a slightly longer time, even if it's almost impercetible. Repeating this proceedure up to 20 times, the image stays longer each time becoming long enough to be...