Floresa57, After lcd panel "flashes" is the lcd panel "black" or is it both "black" and "blank" when you perform the flashlight test that every LCD owner should know how to do and interpret the results? Do you have warranty? If no, then read more responses in my FIXYA profile for clues on what YOU will or what YOU won't do to fix your BLACK SCREEN monitor!!! Floresa57, the basic principles of design and operation of your Princeton VL2018W are same as all other brands of Fluorescent backlit LCD monitors!!! It can be fixed. READ, READ, before you do anything. Understand the reason WHY your monitor is now black and lifeless. Follow all the LINKS to other web sites so you will be informed and less likely to be overcharged on a repair job that should have cost less than $50. Good luck Floresa57. Rate this on FIXYA if it was of some use to you. 12fixlouie
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Floresa57, After lcd panel "flashes" is the lcd panel "black" or is it both "black" and "blank" when you perform the flashlight test that every LCD owner should know how to do and interpret the results? Do you have warranty? If no, then read more responses in my FIXYA profile for clues on what YOU will or what YOU won't do to fix your BLACK SCREEN monitor!!! Floresa57, the basic principles of design and operation of your Princeton VL2018W are same as all other brands of Fluorescent backlit LCD monitors!!! It can be fixed. READ, READ, before you do anything. Understand the reason WHY your monitor is now black and lifeless. Follow all the LINKS to other web sites so you will be informed and less likely to be overcharged on a repair job that should have cost less than $50. Good luck Floresa57. Rate this on FIXYA if it was of some use to you. 12fixlouie