windows 7 help - screen really bright!

_Jimlad_ · 9 Sep 2009 at 18:59

I have some sort of weird yellow tinge to my screen, i installed windows 7 pro (full version) and then went to the nvid site and got the latest drivers for my 9600 GT (win 7 64bit) i have also tried using the two sets before, but the bright screen comes back, when i uninstall the drivers it reverts back for a time before doing the same

Dano · 9 Sep 2009 at 19:02

Guessing by the fact that it looks normal to me it'll be either your gfx card or monitor settings.

_Jimlad_ · 9 Sep 2009 at 19:08

yeah i just uninstalled the driver and got my screen back only to see the picture looking fine! lol - so not sure why it keeps reverting back as right now it's in 1600 x 1050 and looking as crisp as anything on my samsung 2032bw

Randomface74 · 9 Sep 2009 at 19:14

Wonky cable?

_Jimlad_ · 9 Sep 2009 at 19:25

na it's all in fine, i'm doing my nut in now! just uninstalling all the nvid drivers

_Jimlad_ · 9 Sep 2009 at 20:56

dunno what to do with this one as each time i reboot i get the problem, then uninstall the driver, try either the windows update one or the nvid one and then the issue will come back...

asim18 · 9 Sep 2009 at 20:59

Have you tried lowering the brightness and calibrating?

_Jimlad_ · 9 Sep 2009 at 21:23

asim18 said:
Have you tried lowering the brightness and calibrating?

not as such, as it varies each time i boot or make changes, so that leads me to the view that when it is working it's perfect and then when something happens (god knows what) it goes super bright and flaky.

I'm not sure where to turn at the moment

asim18 · 9 Sep 2009 at 21:46

_Jimlad_ said:
flaky.

Flaky? as in artifacts or distortion?

If yes, then it seems like a hardware problem to me. Either a broken cable, monitor or graphics card.

Edit: also, Go to Control Panel > Devices & Printers. Double click on your monitor's icon, go to the hardware tab, and click properties. Then go to driver tab. What driver is being used?

_Jimlad_ · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:24

i dont think anything is broken as it's working fine until i reboot, then once i reboot and uninstall the driver its fine again...

asim18 · 10 Sep 2009 at 00:02

_Jimlad_ said:
then once i reboot and uninstall the driver its fine again...

Leave the driver uninstalled then?

I have the same problem with Samsung drivers. They mess up the colour profiles. You should be using the default Microsoft Generic PnP driver.

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_Jimlad_ · 10 Sep 2009 at 09:17

asim18 said:
Leave the driver uninstalled then?

I have the same problem with Samsung drivers. They mess up the colour profiles. You should be using the default Microsoft Generic PnP driver.

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it just seems to re add it after a while, i have tried updating the driver and pointing towards some i downloaded at the moment it's working...