Freaking monitor

My monitor is yes, freaking out. It is flickering pink bands ans squares. It is a 30 inch cinema display. I tried removing speakers but it's still doing it. Did it once before and then quit on restart, but now it won't seem to go away. Is card overheated? Maybe I will give it a break and see. In the meantime, if anyone has any clues, please help. THANK YOU

After rest, same problem, so I switched the monitor to the standard port and it is fine, so the problem is with the digital port whatever it's called that gives high resolution.

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    I bought Apple for the product quality.....so what gives?
    These logic boards and power supplies were all victims of the "capacitor plague".
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    From: Salt Lake City, UT USA
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    Re: External monitor not recognized!
    Posted: Dec 1, 2009 1:29 PM in response to: cruzcj
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    Yes. I've tried 7 different Macs including a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard (10.6.2) and my external monitor doesn't work with it either.
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    Reinstalled SL on the Mac Pro connected to a 23" Cinema via DVI and Olevia 537 via HDMI Input #2 and now that input no longer works with Mac computers.
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    The monitor had previously worked with the MacPro (HDMI input #1) and a G5 (HDMI input #2) for almost 2 years.
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    Stephen Darling...
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    Re: External monitor not recognized!
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    Another "me too" post...
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    cruzcj
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    Re: External monitor not recognized!
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    My wife's 15" MBP arrived on Wednesday. Connected it tonight to her new Dell 23" ST2310 via a MiniDisplayPort to VGA and it works fine.
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    Gaston55
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    Re: External monitor not recognized!
    Posted: Dec 15, 2009 12:06 AM in response to: Roger Kaufmann
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    Hi Guys
    I have the same problem with my new Dell 2209WAf. It worked fine before i changed from L to SL.
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    RWildman465
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    Re: External monitor not recognized!
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    Experiencing the same issues. However, on bit different hardware.
    I'm using the XLR8 ProView USB input devices. Using these devices on a mixture of 10.5.8 and 10.6.2 systems (2 MacBooks, 2 Mac Mini and 1 iMac).
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    Todd Camp
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    Re: External monitor not recognized!
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    Same problems here. I reloaded OS 10.4.6 which is what shipped with my MBP1,2 17" 2.16 Intel Core Duo 2GB ram and after installing that, i was able to select 1920x1080 for my external HP w2338h, DVI-VGA, never been able to connect DVI-HDMI. On SL, the max rez I was able to "use" was 1600x1200 which looked horrible. So this leads me to suspect that this must be an issue with SL.
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    I have an iMac 9,1 Intel Core 2 Duo that I bought last June. It came with Leopard, but I upgraded to Snow Leopard. Currently, it's running 10.6.2. My HP w2207 Widescreen monitor works perfectly with it using the DVI port on the HP and the mini-display (not mini-DVI) port on the iMac.
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    Re: External monitor not recognized!
    Posted: Jan 6, 2010 6:07 PM in response to: Roger Kaufmann
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    This is a Me too post, I have a MacBook and NEC Multisync Monitor that worked fine before I upgraded to 10.6.2. I've tried to get it to work without any luck. I've written NEC to see if they have a solution.
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    Re: External monitor not recognized!
    Posted: Jan 11, 2010 6:24 AM in response to: Roger Kaufmann
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    Another me too post. I have a new 17" MacBook Pro with 10.6.2 installed. Trying to connect to an HPL2245wg - sometimes it works flawlessly - other times not at all. Some mornings I spend 30 -40 minutes rebooting, unplugging and plugging the monitor, Detecting Displays, changing the Graphics Card (Energy settings) - all to no avail. Very, very frustrating Apple - please figure out what is going on with this issue....and get it fixed!
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    Wow, me too. Did a minor software update (apple released it) last night, got on this morning and BANG - my main 24" Dell display is NOT working.
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