I had the same thing happen recently.
I wish it was better news but It's a Capacitor that's burning out.
For myself, I just grabbed another monitor from my garage but I did look up the problem first and found video's on how to fix the problem.
It requires some soldering and a little talent along those lines.
I have no doubt I could do it, I just didn't feel like doing it then.
At the bottom of this post is one link to a DIY Fix it vid.
Another option is to find a used monitor.
Of course there are sites like E-Bay or Craig's that you could try but there is a recycle site that people give things away and take things on, called (freecycle).
This is a great site, I've used it in both directions many times with no problems.
NOTE: Use common sense.
I recommend that anytime your going to meet someone from the web you don't know that you take someone with you or at the very least tell someone exactly where you going and any other pertinent info.
Here are the 2 links I mentioned
https://www.freecycle.org/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Nr7wAT84I
Sorry - found it!
Best I can suggest is trying another monitor. I'm pretty sure the display will be fine from the other monitor. If you have monitor drivers, you can try uninstalling and reinstalling them - however, I suspect your monitor is probably just an expensive paperweight now.
Sherwin
Is it sort of rolling almost.
If so you have a few bad capacitors in the power supply that need to be replaced.
If you dare to venture inside you should see 1 or more buldging caps. (bowing upwards on the top)
If these start to fail, then they will interupt the correct flow of power and cause this problem with your panel.
Easy to fix if you are electronically minded, if not, take it to your local TV tech and it shouln't cost that much to have repaired.
Remember, inside these monitors is high voltage that can kill, even if it's not plugged in.
Just to check - when the screen is black- can you see any image- in its un-illuminated state.
To do this look sideways along the screen not straight at it.
I suspect this is an inverter problem.
Whether or not this is repairable I know not- depending on your local repair facilities
Perhaps DELL can suggest a local agent.
Have you tried giving it a good tap on the side? Hey its worked before. Have you tried hooking it to another machine to verify "yellow." Was it yellow on your friends computer? How old is the monitor?
Good Luck,
Tim
You need to remove the standard windows monitor driver in the device manager and reinstall the monitor driver. Search in google and download the driver and install it.
Good hunting.
This is a problem that takes a skilled technician to repair both monitors and PSU's are not to be tampered with by the untrained. It may be possible to replace the screen and there are many places to be found that will provide this service but the cost of the repair might be prohibitive.This link will show you a video if you feel up to the jobhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q6_TgNJvQwA monitor may have an electrical charge still in its capacitors so make sure you are properly earthed and all power plugs are removed. A second hand replacement might be a safer option.
