Samsung 205BW Syncmaster DVI No Picture

I have a 20" samsung lcd pluged into my macbook 2.4core2 that is 2months old.
It has the apple mini-dvi to dvi adapter to the dvi on the lcd.
When plugged in the macbook screen flickers but nothing happens on the samsung. I have tried all the settings in display with no luck. I have seen that there may be an issue with some 205BW's that they have the 204B's firmware?? I have had some issues with this screen in the past using is with windows.
Link to related problem: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1184064
If anyone knows how to fix this I would be very happy!
Thanks,

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