Takes my monitor a long time (3-5 min) to come on

My monitor just started taking a long time to come on.

I do not turn it off. It goes to sleep. On Off switch is orange. I go in and move my mouse bush buttons on keyboard and it turns green but flashes. It will come on eventually but it takes a long time. Can someone tell my what this could be? Do I just need to get a new monitor. I have been reading and trying to figure this out but no answers. Is this a symptom of a dying monitor.

thanks in advance,

Tracy

Presuming that you've made no changes in the power options panel and this is a sudden change without anything else being done to the computer, then yes, this is a symptom of a dying monitor. I would guess that the capacitors that normally power the monitor up instantly are no longer doing their job, though something else might be the cause. In any case, unless its a very old monitor that uses tubes, the only cure is a new monitor.

However, to be sure of the diagnosis, you might try hooking your monitor up to a different computer and see what happens. If you don't have a separate computer, perhaps one that belongs to a friend. If the monitor starts up normally when connected to a different computer, that you have a problem in your computer. But if your monitor keeps up its tardy ways, then its time to save up for a new one.