30inch with hundreds of green pixels?!?!?

So I love this 30 in display, but everytime my monitor goes to sleep and I wake it up, there are hundred of green, or sometimes blue pixels on the screen. It looks like someone spraypainted it with MS PAINT..hahah. Anyway, the only way to correct it is to restart. Any ideas as to why this happens or how to stop it???

I have a couple of 30" LCD's. This started on one right after I got it. I was so busy and knew I had time under warranty that I did not worry about it. I also knew that if I could not show it to Apple they would not just replace it. I got a Mac Book Pro, and when it goes to sleep and then you wake it up again the "pixel shimmer" comes back.
I since took it to the Apple store and they replaced the display and now it's just fine. I don't know where the packing slip went from what they replaced to resolve the issue, however I have ruled out Video Cards (I put the same 30" on both a 6800 Ultra (on a PMG5), X1900 (on a dell), and a 7900 (on a dell) and got the same problems. It is not a physical LCD problem as the pixels do not always do this, and they do not always appear in the same place. they are also varried based on the colors being displayed on the LCD. I noticed when you have a photo up it shows up a lot more around the flesh colors than solid black/white on the screen.
I have heard it has something to do with the DVI cable (my cable was not replaced, so I'm wondering if there is an internal dvi cable / logic board assy. that is bad. All in all, the quick fix is to return it to apple for warranty work.
So I love this 30 in display, but everytime my
monitor goes to sleep and I wake it up, there are
hundred of green, or sometimes blue pixels on the
screen. It looks like someone spraypainted it with
MS PAINT..hahah. Anyway, the only way to correct it
is to restart. Any ideas as to why this happens or
how to stop it???

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