TFT screen blinks strange at wake up

Hi folks,
since a few weeks I got strange problem with my TFT screen. My mini is setup to put the monitor to sleep after 20 minutes inactivity. This works flawless. However, every time the screen wakes up it starts with about one minute blinking of 'show proper image' and 'show blank screen'. It is more or less like each second switching on and off. The power LED stays on all the time, so I think it is not the power supply of the TFT.
Connection to the TFT is via DVI cable.
I tried the TFT on a laptop with VGA connection and could not find any issues. In fact I could wake up the screen and than switch back to DVI and the image stayed fine.
I tried the TFT now in my office also with DVI connection, so far no issues here.
This leads me to the assumption that something with my mini is broken. Could it be that the graphics card or the graphic card memory has problems? Is this something that lifetime warranty would cover?
Display is a Samsung Syncmaster 173T about 6 to 7 years old.
Any help appreciated.
Fogg

Quick update....
I exchanged the screen with a DELL 17" from work and this works flawless. No issues so far.
Strange enough, the Samsung works in the office with the same ease.
I will re-exchange on the weekend and see if the problems comes up again. If not than it was some kind of connection problem. If yes, .... no plan.

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