Flashing monitor light.....back light inverter?

The Apple 20 inch monitor connected to my recently acquired Power PC G4 has recently started to do a series of two short and one long blinks. From researching, it would seem to be the beginnings of the backlight inverter going....but the light in the monitor is even and adjustable and doesn't seem diminished...Any other reason for the light to be flashing?
Thanks for any help.
Mike

Does the monitor have a USB pass-through? If so, try disconnecting the monitor from all the USB stuff and see if things get better.
If that doesn't help, you may wish to repost your question in the Apple Display forum here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=111
Note the sub-categories by display type and see which one best describes your monitor. Look on the back for a model number. It will probably start with the letter "M." Because there are several 20" Apple displays with different ports and configs, having the model number in your post should get you an answer faster.

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