DVI Out Flicker and connection issues- Macbook Pro 2006

No matter which monitors/cable combination I use, my external display flickers at random times. Sometimes, the signal will come back a second or two later, other times it will go out until a reboot.
From my unofficial "tests", this happens more (but not always, and never consistently) when...
* I am doing anything demanding like video or flash
* When I have an expresscard in the slot
Hardware Notes:
* 1st gen Macbook Pro 2.0ghz (ati 256mb)
* 10.6.3 - I don't know if this started happening on a particular release. I think it still happened in 10.5
* DVI to DVI connection. Tried on two monitors with different DVI cables (even the ones from monoprice)
* I use the external monitor as my main device (always have for 4 years
I can't find any threads on this particular issue, maybe someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks for any help!

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Solution - found by chance that the Macbook worked ok from another room and concluded that the signal strength was just too high in the original position. By placing a biscuit tin in front of the hub the signal is sufficiently attenuated to work in the original room, and is still good enough to use the upstairs machine too.
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Pardon, for some unknown reason, i was thinking of Ethernet to mini display adapter
Apples are 3rd party on the HDMI to MDP adapter and are $35
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pardon my error, .......so many adapters out there
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I need to buy a new mac laptop, but infortunately, I can't use the LED screens (yes, I know, it's a pity - it gives me serious headaches, and no one computer builder seems to take these kinds of problem in consideration), so I can "only" think about the last generation of macs laptops without LED-backlight screens, the Macbook pro 2006/early 2007.
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I also have used special calibration software for this kind of problem (the one with sunglasses icon). Honestly, it gives me maybe half an hour more of work before headache. But a 3 days migraina (or migraine, too late to know the right writing) for 1h30 of work on a LED-screen is not something I can handle every day.
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Educated guess. The networking devices have priorities as to which are used. The standard order is that Ethernet has a higher priority than Airport.
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