Good ideas, thanks for your response @Jwillis - I don't believe it is related to the power supply though because 1 out of every 10 "tries" of plugging in the cables, I can get an image on the monitor. But I've haven't gotten it to work when I have the screen placed on the chassis yet, which is why I'm trying to determine which cable could be causing the issue.
Also I don't believe it is a power supply issue because there is an external DC power-in plug and it behaves the same way whether I use mains or DC in.