X1900 Graphics Card and Cinema Display

I was wondering if anyone else had issues with their cinema display and the x1900 graphics card. I noticed that when the screen is black, there are lots of white pixels dancing around. Can anyone confirm if they also have this issue? Any solutions?

That sounds like a defective video card to me.
I have a x1900 (but hooked up to a dell monitor) and I've not seen any artifacts dancing around. Either on boot up, or waking up from sleep or when I'm running any software.
Mike

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