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Monitor flicker + black screen on startup
Hey guys, just got a problem recently with my LCD monitor. It's a fairly old one (Acer 17"inch) and I'm suspecting that it's simply dying on me.
The problem is that whenever I power on my monitor, the screen flickers on for a second and then immediately off. Probably something with the backlight. The power button stays on but the whole screen is black. I usually try it a couple of times to power on/off and eventually it will work and then as long as my monitor stays powered on everything works as normal.
Sometimes especially (I think) when my heater is on in my room, it seems it works almost immediately or very quickly. But when it's cold it can take up to 5 min or longer to finally work. I'm not sure if it could be something based on the temperature, but I have no doubt it's something with the starter/backlight.
A quick google suggests that a dying monitor would usually flicker when it's on (backlight problems), but I don't have this at all. If I get my monitor on, then it works fine. The only problem seems to be something with the starter, but I'm not sure exactly what. Perhaps it's just getting old?
Is it worth to try and repair it? Or should I just wait it out until I can no longer get it to work and then just buy a new monitor?