Displays monitor stuck in boot loop

earlier today i went to turn on my monitor and it started boot-looping. the light on the power button lights orange for a split-second, then straight to green, then the backlight turns on for a moment, then screen off/button off.

over and over and over.

hitting the power button doesnt seem to do a whole hack of a lot. i am unable to make the screen stop this loop unless i unplug it from the wall. i've also tried holding down the button like how you can force a PC to shut off, but it doesnt work either.

my monitor is a Dell E193FPc (note the lower-case c) monitor connected to my PC via a VGA cable.

my PC was on at the time, and didn't start making any noises or system beeps when the monitor failed, so i dont think the issue stems from the video card failing or overheating. but i could always be wrong

thanks for any help

 

You need to test the display with another source.

 

Also try another cable, just to eliminate it from the equation.

 

i would say the power supply has packed up, had this recently with a customers screen

 

+1 for the monitor's power supply.

 

Boot looping? if it's what I think you're saying, then it's not the monitor, it's a corrupted boot loader.
Use your windows disc and try to reinstall the boot loader.

 

the monitor is boot looping, not my computer. the monitor itself goes standby-on-off forever.

it was the closest term i could think of to describe the situation

 

What would you say is the cost to replace the power supply? Don't mean to hijack the thread here, but I've got a sony 19" lcd that's been repaired under warranty for the same problem I think, and I was contemplating whether to have it repaired or not, or just spend £100 or so and get a new one with full warranty.

 

I don't mind the hijack at all, if its cheap I'm sure its something I could do too. I'd imagine its probably as simple as looking on eBay for the monitors model (which is also how I find laptop internal parts)

 

I'm not sure where I'd find the part number, I have no knowledge of soldering, so I'd be more inclined to get it done by a technician. I was more interested in knowing what the cost of the work would be.

 

is the power supply in the monitor, or an external brick?

if it's internal, might be cheaper to buy a new monitor

brick will cost between £20-£35 ish

 

alternativally, if he knows a bit about electronics, could open the monitor and determine what voltage (probably 12v) it needs and may be the current it can provide (probably 5A+), get a power supply accordingly, wire up an external power connector.

Effort++, money--;

 

Bah, it's internal. Good job it's not mine (family pc) and we've got a old crt monitor we can use.

 

one suspects if he had to ask he doesn't have the required skillset to repair it