I apologize in advance if this particular problem has been hashed out to death. However, I want to make sure it really is the caps and not some other component before I place any orders (more on that later).

The monitor flickers heavily for perhaps 30-60 seconds or so on startup before it goes black. After that, if I turn it off and then on again, the screen will appear for a split second before it goes black. Also, I should note that when this happens, if I look closely at the monitor, I can actually see the image, it's just very dim - too dim to be of any use. When this first...