Eizo 21" FlexScan S2110W / PowerBook G4 incompatibility?

I have an unanticipated problem connecting a new Eizo 21" FlexScan S2110W to my PowerBook G4. Eizo Flashes 0/0 and the screen remains black, no matter what I do. The same display works fine with a Mac Mini, and the same PowerBook works fine with Dell DVI display! And further, another PowerBook G4 works just fine with the display, the only differences being 64MB vs. 128MB Radeon and the Radeon ROM revision (113-xxxxx-134 vs. 113-xxxxx-145). What on earth could this be? Any ideas?
Harri
PowerBook G4 15" 1.67GHz / Radeon 128MB Mac OS X (10.4.6) PowerMac 7600/Yellowdog Linux

Hi Ned,
Thanks for the suggestion, but I have done all the usual things, including PRAM and NVRAM zapping. I now suspect that the Radeon firmware update is the culprit - I should have stayed away from that. It seems that you can't reverse the firmware update, so I might be out of luck.
Could someone with a PowerBook and a 128MB Radeon post how their Profiler entry for Graphics/Displays looks like? This is mine:
<pre>
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700:
Chipset Model: ATY,RV360M11
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4e50
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-145
</pre>
Harri
PowerBook G4 15" 1.67GHz / Radeon 128MB Mac OS X (10.4.6) PowerMac 7600/Yellowdog Linux

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I can order a new cable if that will be the fix.
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I guess at some point I will decide to stop sinking money into an obsolete 'Book.
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I ordered a Mac Pro with the x9100 card. I also downloaded the Ub version of Eizo ColorNaviagtor. The question is, can I hook up a non-Apple monitor right away? Otherwise, how can I install the Eizo software with no monitor hooked up?
I do have an Apple 17" CRT Studio display, that is my only Apple monitor with a 15pin VGA Video Connector. I have the DVI~VGA adapter cable, so shoud I use that monitor first to install my Eizo software?

not only will it startup just fine, but if you check the software you'll see it will install a profile for the monitor. I spent a lot of time trying to get a profile that was any better than the stock EIZO profile and found it's pretty much dead on the money for my use so you may or may not need to calibrate the monitor beyond the profile provided with the EIZO itself.

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