DVI ports too close together

HI, I tried to connect a second display to my Mac Pro (early 2008) last night and it seems that the DVI ports are too close together and I am unable to fit a second DVI cable in the open port. It's very odd, the 2 ports are shifted to the right and not centered.
I have the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT upgrade but everything else is untouched. Any thoughts?
I already see myself giving my machine to be "repaired or replaced" by Apple but I really would rather not of course. . .
Thanks,
Gary

Tim - Thanks for the suggestion, it's the answer to the problem. It's not who you know it's what you know.
Thanks,
Gary

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