Hi Damien,
I began calibration today using Method 1. My lowest color preset readings in Warm, are between 7507 and 8491. Far outside of the 6500 target you mention. (My Cool preset readings are between 10,867 and 13497; my Normal readings are between 8884 and 10,359). I am wondering if my monitor brightness setting is the problem. My brightness setting is at 112, about in the middle. Windows 10 has a glitch, apparently, in not permitting auto brightness to be turned off with the click of a button. It just returns the the "on" position. I read through several fixes (most of them very complicated) from a number of frustrated Windows 10 users, finally settling on a method of disabling auto brightness by going into Services, Sensor Monitoring Service, Properties, and Disable in Windows 10. Auto brightness still shows it's selected in Windows Display Settings, but since it shows "disabled" in Services, I proceeded. Now with these very high readings in my Warm preset, I am wondering if the brightness setting is the culprit. I took a brief look at Method 2, and it looks a lot more complicated. I am not ready to give up and purchase a different monitor before running this situation by you. What do you recommend? Thanks.