So, almost 2 years after I see reports of temperamental problems on your community support boards - I just bought a NUC a month ago and the same problem exists!
I came across mondo77's post and after confirming it was a hardware design error - he discovered that by turning the NUC upside down, the display comes on.
I thought - "CAN'T BE!".
But guess what - it works!
Do you have a (BIOS?) fix for this yet?
Every time I turn the computer on I have to pray that the monitor will be woken up.
Has Intel made any headway on this problem since it was reported?
Or just "turn it over"?
TIA,
-EJ