Samsung syncmaster 206bw turning on and of, light flashes on for 4 seconds, then off for 2 repeatedly i can see windows is working fine in the background during the 4 second gaps while the monitor is on have tried the analog cable to hook up to pc as well as the other 1, also reseated the graphics card, and left both pc and monitor unplugged for a few minutes

If you have soldering iron and can place an order at DigiKey.com (and are willing to get your hands down on this), this is a rather easy fix with some direction. You basically will be replacing some failing capacitors inside the unit.

For full details on how to fix this fault check out my samsung 206 page:- http://www.normsweb.com/tektips/sam206bw.shtml

First, it is good to see others have had this issue. I have had my monitor going on two years or so. In the last two months, turning it on it takes longer and longer for it to 'warm up' before it stays on. I also have the blinking on and off with the desktop and functions working fine underneath. Today it took about two hours. It went on fast when I used a hair dryer to warm it up through the air flow holes on back/top of the monitor. Within 30 seconds, it flipped on. So, I'm hearing that a it's a power supply issue/inverter. Interesting. I am going to do a bit more research before I take it apart. It would be good to know if others have a problem? and, other solutions?

Craig
Wichita, KS

I had the same problem and i left my monitor turned on for about 10 min and it keeped turned on but it say no signal so i just reseted it and it's workng perfectly now, so try to keep it turned on and just maybe it will work