Congrats on your purchase! I know how frustrating/annoying the PG32UCDM black screen problem is. 

I am experiencing the same issue; my monitor displays a complete black screen, requiring a hard power cycle to restore functionality. I am apprehensive about shipping my monitor from Anchorage, Alaska, to the lower 48 states, only to receive it back ...

Exactly!Blindly sending a monitor to Asus without a fix, is going to produce this outcome...

Well said. If Asus has just figured out that its a "Hardware Problem" sending the PG32UCDM to an Asus engineer is going to be a huge waste of time for the end user and Asus. I live in Anchorage Alaska. Asus likes to use ground shipping to save on cos...

I was told to not send the PG32UCDM in the original box, and that if I did I wouldn't get it back. I was also told not to send the AC adapter.