I haven't got a ccfl tester but I know the ccfls are good because the monitor has an image for a couple seconds after connecting power. I would guess it is somewhere in the supply of power to the lamps.

I am working on repairing this Syncmaster 225BW for the second time. I don't remember if the symptoms were the same, but the first repair was replacing the caps of course. This time the monitor turns on for a couple seconds then goes black, but think I can still see a faint image. The power button does not seem to work, it just stays lit. Took out the power / inverter board and the tops of the caps seem completely flat. I do not have intuition about testing with a multimeter so was thinking of just replacing a part. I read somewhere that when the screen is on without being backlit, the inverter...