20" studio display & AGP G4

i bought a 20" flat panel LCD acrylic studio display and can't get it to work with my power mac G4 AGP "sawtooth". i have the display hooked via DVI to ADC adapter like i did with my 17" flat panel LCD acrylic studio display, which worked fine. the 20" starts, i see the gray screen and the little gear is spinning as the system starts up but then it goes black and turns off. this is the second 20" display to do this so i do not think both displays are defective. any ideas whats wrong?

What resolution setting do you have on the G4? It might not be compatible with the monitor.
 Cheers, Tom

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