Clips not capturing at proper size

I posted earlier about an error message my friend was getting when digitizing into Final Cut Studio 2. But maybe the headline didn't draw enough viewers. Here is the issue we're having.
Using mini DV shot with a Sony VX2000 she was capturing fine on her older G4 system, but since the computer was starting to act up I gave her my old dual G5. When trying to capture on the G5 she got this error:
"Warning: The audio sample rate of one of more of you captured media files does not match the sample rate on your source tape. This may cause the video and audio of these media files to be out of sync. Make sure the audio sample rate of your capture preset matches the sample rate of your tape."
On her old G4, she has FCP 4.5, and the clips seem to be capturing normally at 720x480, 48kHz, 16 bit integer (Big Endian), Stereo. When moved to the newer Dual G5 with FCP Studio 2, the clips are capturing at 640x480, 48kHz, 16 bit integer (Big Endian), Mono.
We've tried fresh settings, and even my Macbook Pro, which still captured 640x480. We then uninstalled FCP from the dual G5 and did a fresh install. Still capturing 640x480, Mono.
I've opened up two clips, one digitized from her old G4 and one of the new clips. You can certainly see the difference between the 640x480 and the 720x480. I have no idea what do do next. What would cause this to happen. Is it Quicktime?
Her tapes may have been recorded at 12bit but that shouldn't influence video size, and even if it did why would the outcome be different on separate systems.
Here are further specs:
Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5
OS 10.5.7
Quicktime 7.6 (472)
I just ran the update to FCP 6.0.5
I don't know what else to try at this point. How the heck can you get FCP to record the proper aspect ratio?
thanks

Hi Erok,
You may have already tried doing this but, after you made the sequence setting changes on your G5, did you create a new sequence in the project? New settings will only take affect when a new sequence is created. A good way to tell if the settings have taken affect is to do this.
Open or create a new project
click on the sequence icon in the browser
hit command > 9 and view the resolution, compression and other settings
After making your setting corrections, the new sequence should reflect them.
Good luck!
Steve

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