Studio 17" Monitor Shuts Down at startup

I have recently been having problems with my Stuido 17 monitor plugged into my PowerBook G4. Every time I plug in my monitor to the powerbook it goes through the motions of starting up then all of the sudden it shuts down the startup process in mid stream.
After I startup the computer and then plug in the external monitor into it it will engage but up appears the shut down window on the Studio 17 and before I can click "Cancel" it shuts down my entire system.
Help! It's driving me crazy!! Any ideas on what the problem is and how to get it working again! Your thoughts and suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!!

Mark,
Welcome to the posts ( I presume). It sounds like the error message is coming up either way. When you say " After I startup the computer and then plug in the external monitor into it it will engage but up appears the shut down window on the Studio 17 , are you implying that the laptop screen works fine until you plug in the external 17"?
If that is the case, double check your monitor settings, then reset your vram. It may be hardware related but check software first.
Jim

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