Monitor doesn't turn on

This has happened to me several times, and I've had to take my powerBook to the apple store, and send it in... and I'm STILL having problems!
Every once in a while, my screen starts acting up. I'll try to start the powerBook and the LCD screen simply doesn't turn on. It makes the startup sound, you can hear the HD and such running, but no monitor. So I hold the power key until it shuts off, and try again. Sometimes the monitor will kick in after 3 or 4 tries, but other times it won't turn back on for days, or sometimes not at all (thus I had to take it to the store and send it in).
Does anyone have any idea why it is doing this? I don't have the service plan any more and I still owe quite a bit (and as I have no parents any more, it's kinda hard to shell out money for it as it is).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

MIne went blank as I posted a week ago. Sent it into Apple and within 78 hours turn-around whole it was back fixed. The repair sheet simply said "cable reseated." There is some cable that goes from the screen to the main machine and it gets loose. Don't know if this is your problem. I will look at teh repair and see what it says exactly.
BTW: After seeing the "MacBokk" today, man am I glad I bought my Powerbook a month ago! AP Extreme isn't even included. Oh well, the future is here but I am happy with what I have.

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I have a Macbook Pro (June 2012) and i am using the thunderbolt port to have an external monitor (Neovo F-417)
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Then your adapter may be inadequate for converting to VGA.
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I have an HP Envoy 700 PC Series. Running Windows 8.
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The fact that you removed the CMOS battery usually resets the BIOS so this may not be the problem, however, the computer must be left on for up to 24 hours to permit the battery to charge itself.
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You may wish to test or troubleshoot via this:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbysymptom/ht/testmonitor.htm
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You have a hardware problem. More than likely it is the cable that goes from the logic board to the display. It sounds like an internmitent short. Works sometimes not at other times.
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--- 192.168.1.103 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
Extol:~ FBI$ who
FBI      console Nov 7 02:14
FBI      ttys000 Nov 7 04:33
Extol:~ FBI$ whois
usage: whois [-aAbdgiIlmQrR6] [-c country-code | -h hostname] [-p port] name ...
Extol:~ FBI$ whois 192.168.1.103
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
# Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 192.168.1.103"
# Use "?" to get help.
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=192.168.1.103?showDetails=true&showARIN=false& ext=netref2
NetRange:       192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
CIDR:           192.168.0.0/16
OriginAS:
NetName:        PRIVATE-ADDRESS-CBLK-RFC1918-IANA-RESERVED
NetHandle:      NET-192-168-0-0-1
Parent:         NET-192-0-0-0-0
NetType:        IANA Special Use
Comment:        These addresses are in use by many millions of independently operated networks, which might be as small as a single computer connected to a home gateway, and are automatically configured in hundreds of millions of devices. They are only intended for use within a private context and traffic that needs to cross the Internet will need to use a different, unique address.
Comment:
Comment:        These addresses can be used by anyone without any need to coordinate with IANA or an Internet registry. The traffic from these addresses does not come from ICANN or IANA. We are not the source of activity you may see on logs or in e-mail records. Please refer to http://www.iana.org/abuse/answers
Comment:
Comment:        These addresses were assigned by the IETF, the organization that develops Internet protocols, in the Best Current Practice document, RFC 1918 which can be found at:
Comment:        http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1918
RegDate:        1994-03-15
Updated:        2013-08-30
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-192-168-0-0-1
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Updated:        2012-08-31
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OrgTechEmail:
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Extol:~ FBI$
Extol:~ FBI$ hosts
-bash: hosts: command not found
Extol:~ FBI$ who
FBI      console Nov 7 02:14
FBI      ttys000 Nov 7 04:33
Extol:~ FBI$ whois
usage: whois [-aAbdgiIlmQrR6] [-c country-code | -h hostname] [-p port] name ...
Extol:~ FBI$ whois 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
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NetRange:       192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
CIDR:           192.168.0.0/16
OriginAS:
NetName:        PRIVATE-ADDRESS-CBLK-RFC1918-IANA-RESERVED
NetHandle:      NET-192-168-0-0-1
Parent:         NET-192-0-0-0-0
NetType:        IANA Special Use
Comment:        These addresses are in use by many millions of independently operated networks, which might be as small as a single computer connected to a home gateway, and are automatically configured in hundreds of millions of devices. They are only intended for use within a private context and traffic that needs to cross the Internet will need to use a different, unique address.
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Comment:        These addresses can be used by anyone without any need to coordinate with IANA or an Internet registry. The traffic from these addresses does not come from ICANN or IANA. We are not the source of activity you may see on logs or in e-mail records. Please refer to http://www.iana.org/abuse/answers
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Comment:        These addresses were assigned by the IETF, the organization that develops Internet protocols, in the Best Current Practice document, RFC 1918 which can be found at:
Comment:        http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1918
RegDate:        1994-03-15
Updated:        2013-08-30
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# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
# Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 192.168.255.255"
# Use "?" to get help.
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=192.168.255.255?showDetails=true&showARIN=fals e&ext=netref2
NetRange:       192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
CIDR:           192.168.0.0/16
OriginAS:
NetName:        PRIVATE-ADDRESS-CBLK-RFC1918-IANA-RESERVED
NetHandle:      NET-192-168-0-0-1
Parent:         NET-192-0-0-0-0
NetType:        IANA Special Use
Comment:        These addresses are in use by many millions of independently operated networks, which might be as small as a single computer connected to a home gateway, and are automatically configured in hundreds of millions of devices. They are only intended for use within a private context and traffic that needs to cross the Internet will need to use a different, unique address.
Comment:
Comment:        These addresses can be used by anyone without any need to coordinate with IANA or an Internet registry. The traffic from these addresses does not come from ICANN or IANA. We are not the source of activity you may see on logs or in e-mail records. Please refer to http://www.iana.org/abuse/answers
Comment:
Comment:        These addresses were assigned by the IETF, the organization that develops Internet protocols, in the Best Current Practice document, RFC 1918 which can be found at:
Comment:        http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1918
RegDate:        1994-03-15
Updated:        2013-08-30
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-192-168-0-0-1
OrgName:        Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
OrgId:          IANA
RegDate:
Updated:        2012-08-31
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/IANA
OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number
OrgTechPhone:
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OrgTechRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IANA-IP-ARIN
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