Apple 15" Cinema Display Issues

The left button on my apple 15" lcd monitor keeps flashing and opens the system preference menu. It opens the system menu everytime the button flashes. There is a long pause between every flash. I don't know what is causing this. I couldn't find any info relating to this problem. This a used monitor that I purchased this past weekend. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
PowerMac G4 867mhz Quicksilver 2001 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.5GB RAM, Superdrive, nVida GeForce2 MX 32MB, Seagate 120GB HD, Maxtor 120GB HD, Iomega 120GB External HD
PowerMac G4 867mhz Quicksilver 2001 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.5GB RAM, Superdrive, nVida GeForce2 MX 32MB, Seagate 120GB HD, Maxtor 120GB HD, Iomega 120GB External HD
PowerMac G4 867mhz Quicksilver 2001 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.5GB RAM, Superdrive, nVida GeForce2 MX 32MB, Seagate 120GB HD, Maxtor 120GB HD, Iomega 120GB External HD

Ok, I think I kind of "solved" the problem. The issue has nothing to do with the Apple Cinema Display. I got the chance to hook up another display to that specific PM G5. Happens also with an BenQ TFT.
I think the problem is the installed Radeon 9600 Pro. Gives only black/grey during installation. (even with the 10.5.6 Install Disc)
No big deal so far. Problem solved for me, cause i switched from radeon to a geforce 6800 Ultra DLL.

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I'm trying to help out a buddy of mine with his cinema monitor.
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Basically when you boot the PC up with the Apple monitor, the monitor turns on and backlit but no display, no options for BIOS or anything like that, just lit up and black screen.
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I can boot up the PC with a Dell monitor and it boots up fine - and if I take the DVI out of the Dell monitor and plug it in to the Apple monitor while the machine is up and running, the Apple monitor comes on and works without issue - however, if you were to reboot it, or if it goes to sleep - I lose the Apple monitor, and have to start the process over.
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Hi everybody,
I just bought a 30" Apple Cinema Display for my (old but good) PowerMac G5 (2x2GHz).
I'm using Leopard 10.5.6. When hooked up to the running system everything ist fine. But i recently had to reinstall Leopard and then I noticed, that after I boot from the DVD the whole screen went black/grey - so no colors at a very low resolution. So I had to do a "blind" install. Does anybody know why this happens? And is a fix availbable? Same thing happens when I boot into a NetInstall oder Netboot Image - the whole screen becomes black/grey as if the OS couldn't find a Color Profile and/or Driver.
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I have a 2008 MBP and a 27" Apple LED Cinema Display. My OS is 10.7.2.
I am running Windows 7 with the latest updates in VMWare Fusion 4.1.1. I have several issues.
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you have to separate out what is Fusion and what is Windows native.
Even doing updates to Windows sometimes should not or cannot be done properly in VM.
And there is no way to change the default boot drive - a VM doesn't have access and that is the host OS's job, not the guest's.
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Older Apple HD Cinema Display is detected but no picture

Forgive me, as I know this is an often-asked question but I have searched and can't find a response that fixes the issue.
Yet.
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I had noticed that recently the display would not come back from sleep without rebooting the computer.
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Yeah I use my screen saver more often now and yes it's the white windows and desktop icons that ghost the most not horrible and my warrant is a few years past. The genius is wrong to accuse you that's just plain silly. The first apple 30 inch I bought had green lines and after a few trips to the store they sent it off to be repaired but in the end I think I got a different monitor back. Three and a half years later this started to happen. It's like short term burn and it's pretty subtle. I'm an audio guy so if I were a graphics person and this was my main rig I would be more upset. I just hope it does not continue to get worse. I have an older 22 inch with the clear plastic and it does not have the issue. It only starts to do it after it's been n for few hours.
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73,
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Well,
Here is the latest from Nvidia Customer Care educating users on the DVI port on the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200:
"...The basic difference you will see in these ports are in their Physical appearance. The DVI-D has less pins compared to the DVI-I port connector. Also the Apple 23" Cinema Display will work at a resolution of 1920*1200. But this graphics card that is Geforce FX 5200 will not support this resolution of 1920*1200. It will support only till 1600*1200. So that's the reason you were having the issues were you were not able to adjust the resolution"
So I ask, which Nvidia GPU card can I substitute for the current one at a reasonable price? I don't need dual link, so single link would be sufficient for my application . Here is some more helpful tips from Nvidia support. Hope this helps other users, utilizing the Apple 23" Cinema Display"
"...go for a Geforce 7600 GS graphics card which is a AGP 8x compatible graphics card. This graphics card is just 129$ graphics card. Please visit the given link to know about the details of this graphics card."
http://bfgtech.com/7600GS_512.html
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"...Yes let me inform you that the Geforce FX 5200 graphics card does have one DVI port and one VGA port. But these single link and Dual link DVI port is totally different compared to the normal DVI ports. As you wanted to connect an Apple 23" Cinema Display to this graphics card. So for this you will need to have a graphics card which will have a Single link or Dual link DVI ports not the normal ports. So to support an Apple 23" Cinema Display, you will need to have either a Geforce 6 series or the Geforce 7 series graphics card. That's the reason I gave you the list of graphics card which comes with Single or Dual link DVI ports, not the normal ports."
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