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Catalyst driver causes whites to turn yellow in external display when EDID is enabled.

post #1 of 6
8/21/11 at 8:20pm
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Hi,

 

Hopefully someone can shed some light on this matter.

 

I read the AMD released a new version of the catalyst drivers, but I found I can't use those but whatever Dell releases. So I downloaded and installed the drivers for the 6970 for my M17x R3. By default, it seems these new drivers come with the EDID option disabled. After installing, I enabled the option as it had been working normally with the prior version.

 

The problem is that now all whites turn to yellow if I enable the option.

 

I tried re-installing the drivers (after complete removal).

 

I tried switching from DisplayPort to DVI.

 

I tried using the 'Restore Defaults' option in both the monitor (U2311H) and the catalyst drivers.

 

I am guessing this is either a registry error or driver/reporting issue.

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

 
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post #2 of 6
8/22/11 at 5:03am
Is it possible the external display is the problem and not the drivers?
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post #3 of 6
8/22/11 at 5:47am
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Originally Posted by atirado View Post

 

Hi,

 

Hopefully someone can shed some light on this matter.

 

I read the AMD released a new version of the catalyst drivers, but I found I can't use those but whatever Dell releases. So I downloaded and installed the drivers for the 6970 for my M17x R3. By default, it seems these new drivers come with the EDID option disabled. After installing, I enabled the option as it had been working normally with the prior version.

 

The problem is that now all whites turn to yellow if I enable the option.

 

I tried re-installing the drivers (after complete removal).

 

I tried switching from DisplayPort to DVI.

 

I tried using the 'Restore Defaults' option in both the monitor (U2311H) and the catalyst drivers.

 

I am guessing this is either a registry error or driver/reporting issue.

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

Just for my info - you were using the Catalyst from AMD direct and not from Dell support site?

cheers ...
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post #4 of 6
8/22/11 at 3:44pm
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I've tried both and the result is the same. If I enable EDID the color temperature goes wrong so only white colors turn yellow.

 

Some other symptoms are:

 

- Blue-ray/DVD movies are displayed correctly.

- Colors are normal if I switch to the Intel adapter.

 

I think it is something wrong with the driver instead of the monitor, because if I uninstall the catalyst driver/rollback to the the version the computer came with then colors are normall when EDID is on. It could be a registry setting that is corrupt, or something going wrong when I install the driver.

 

Unfortunately I don't have another monitor. But colors appear normal if I connect the PC to my TV.

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post #5 of 6
8/23/11 at 2:47am
I would definitely go back to the original driver first making sure that everything is fine, then start applying one new version at a time, with many restore points. GPU drivers are very touchy, as far as notebook environment concerns.

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post #6 of 6
8/24/11 at 7:24am
Try resetting the monitor profile to the standard sRGB profile.
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