ATI Radeon X800 XT, 30" Cinema Display, Leopard - combination fixed?

Although I read about problems with this combination and the 30" Cinema Display - I went ahead and upgraded to Leopard. I did see some "pink flashes", until after updating to 10.5.4. Now everything seems fine and I don't see ANY problems. I did not install the ATI Displays software.

"Dual-Link" DVI refers to the number of data pathways -- It has nothing to do with dual displays.
A Dual-Link connector has two sets of the three main data signals, to keep the data clock speed down to a reasonable speed and still get all the data transmitted to paint a screen wider than 1920 wide. The entire pin grid array must be populated with pins.
A Single-Link connector has one set of the three main data signals, and can service a display up to 1920 wide. It may have the center columns of the pin-grid de-populated to save money, or maybe not.

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