How do I set up dual 30" cinema displays on a 2x2.4 GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon Mac?

I have this amazing apple mac pro. However, I also have two amazing fully functional 30" cinema hd displays. for some reason, when I have both displays mounted to the mac pro, one display is at the entirely wrong display setting (too large) and the other is set perfectly. Is there something I should know about when setting up? I've gone through all the configs within prefences>displays as well. even switched ports on the tower to check that it wasn't the display and it's the same. seems to be what the card is sending out the two ports. one port is dvi the other is mini. any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm trying to utilize two monitor set up in fcp.
Thanks,
Mark

To get full resolution on a 30" display from a Mini DisplayPort, you need a DUAL-LINK DVI adapter.
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z/A/mini-displayport-to-dual-link-dvi-ada pter>

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