Older Studio Display Problem

I have an older (clear base & grey/white stripe) Apple Studio Display hooked into an older 2GHz PowerPC G5 running 10.4.11. I went to turn the machine on as usual by touching the sensor on the display. The machine turns on, but nothing displays. Checked connector, still same problem. Hooked old CRT into other slot on card (GeForce FX 5200) via ADC adapter, and that works, but nothing on ASD. System Profiler recognizes the ASD, says it's on online, but no picture on screen. Any help would be appreciated.

Personally, it sounds like the back light went out. I don't think it is worth fixing. Go splurge on a 24" Apple LCD Display
Glor

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