Monitor On/Off problem

I have a Samsung SyncMaster 540n TFT monitor (yeah..its 15.4" only) and is 5 years old.
Now it has started to give problems.Whenever the system does cold start the monitor doesn't gets ON even though the OS has finished up booting.The On/Off button continuously blinks in periodic manner on its own.The monitor gets ON on its own, sometimes it takes 2 mins and sometimes as long as 5 mins!!!
Tell me what should be done.
Regards.

if u want a temporary solution then do send it for repair to a local mechanic.
else buy a new LED/LCD monitor bigger than current one

Zangetsu said:
if u want a temporary solution then do send it for repair to a local mechanic.
else buy a new LED/LCD monitor bigger than current one

yea....was thinking of buying a new one as this one has almost run its course.
But still as this monitor is being used since my first desktop, it feels hard to replace it new one

Piyush said:
But still as this monitor is being used since my first desktop, it feels hard to replace it new one

Emotion?
Looks like that startup button have died. You can try to replace it.

^^ i doubt whether its a button problem

its not a button problem
I can use it normally when the monitor turns ON successfully
how many chances are there that it is a VGA cable problem?

^^u can give it a try

Piyush said:
how many chances are there that it is a VGA cable problem?

I highly doubt that. :unsure:

d6bmg said:
I highly doubt that.

why??

If there were any problem with vga cable, monitor wouldn't have started at all, irrespective of the start-up time. When any problem with cable starts, it disrupts signal flow from motherboard to monitor & thus resulting in complete blackout of that particular monitor.

@Piyush: the problem might be in circuit of the Monitor

Zangetsu said:
@Piyush: the problem might be in circuit of the TV.

TV?
You meant monitor...right?

Piyush said:
TV?
You meant monitor...right?

pardon for the typo...corrected now.

^^ In that case, you should call on a tech person (repair man) to repair your monitor.. But this is an wild guess.. :unsure:

d6bmg said:
^^ In that case, you should call on a tech person (repair man) to repair your monitor.. But this is an wild guess..

hmm will see
first of all i'll check reconnecting and all that common things tomorrow and will post the result