Jennifer Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 Hey D - So I did all the things that Datacolor told me and did a full calibration with every single preset (numbered and otherwise). Not a single one came back within the range of 6000-7000 but I went ahead and went with the next highest preset (6500) which gave a current value of 7375. Now the screen is too cool. Not sure if these images will help since they are from my cellphone If I borrowed someone else's calibrator (easier than borrowing their computer) and it calibrated ok - would that work? If the prints matched, then would I know there is a problem with the calibrator (as opposed to my screen). And if they didn't match then I would know for sure that the problem is with the screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 3 hours ago, Jennifer said: Not a single one came back within the range of 6000-7000 but I went ahead and went with the next highest preset (6500) which gave a current value of 7375. Now the screen is too cool. Did you also try the next lowest? 3 hours ago, Jennifer said: If I borrowed someone else's calibrator (easier than borrowing their computer) and it calibrated ok - would that work? If the prints matched, then would I know there is a problem with the calibrator (as opposed to my screen). And if they didn't match then I would know for sure that the problem is with the screen? Yes, my thinking exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Yay - Dell finally sent me a new monitor - well refurbished - but hopefully better than the one I had! I am going to calibrate tonight - should I reset factory defaults and do full calibration? I would imagine they are already at the factory default settings, but don't want to assume. Is there anything else I should be doing - like getting rid of color profiles anywhere? i vaguely remember (and doing this) when I uninstalled and re-installed the spyder 4pro. Since I'm not planning to do an uninstall (unless you tell me I should), then I don't need to do that, i do? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Yes, I would reset defaults first. I suppose you could do this to be really thorough, but I'm not sure if it's necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 So I wouldn't need to do uninstall of spyder pro though correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 4 minutes ago, Jennifer said: So I wouldn't need to do uninstall of spyder pro though correct? 5 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said: I suppose you could do this to be really thorough, but I'm not sure if it's necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 ok - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Well- I uninstalled/deleted the datacolor folder, re-installed, reset factory defaults on the monitor, and got all excited when one of my Presets 5700K had an actual kelvin temp of 6170. And then in the middle of measuring, I got a pop-up window. I had to move the device to read the message. Wth? It's not a wide gamut monitor. What do I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 This is a common glitch. The Spyder seems to get confused when the gamut gets close to full sRGB. Ignore the message, and press on with "Normal". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 phew. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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