Alex was right -- the monitor was dying. My friend came back from Mexico and said so. I know she was right because she always is (and keeps telling me so).

The new one (El Cheapo) works fine. There are several leftover parts, but I guess they were redundant. Funny how the little folder of instructions said if I was having problems to put the help CD in for further info... If it wasn't working, how would I read the CD?

Anyway, thanks for all the info.

Sue