eVGA 7900GS & Samsung 173P DVI problem after installing MagicTune

I recently decided to install the 64-bit version of Samsung's display
adjustment software called MagicTune. I have a Samsung 173P display,
which only features an external on/off button. I am running an eVGA
7900 GS video card. The display is connected by a DVI cable. After I
installed the software, on a restart I noticed that the Asus boot-up
picture was brighter than usual. In fact I could no longer read part of
the text on it which tells me which button to press to access the boot
menu. I uninstalled the MagicTune software, but the problem remained. I
reinstalled the latest nVidia drivers from eVGA's website, no change.
I re-installed the entire operating system, no change. Either the
software permanently changed something on my video card, or on my
monitor. I just want to go back to the way things were before, when the
display was automatically detected and all the defaults were perfect.

The way I see it is that MagicTune software changed your display
settings.........in the LCD not on your system.
Just Like I can fiddle with the Display settings manually on my
LCD.........and leave it there.Reboot after reboot will not change it.
I assume you are running XP 64 bit and have all 64bit Hardware Drivers??
So I would suggest to run the Samsung software.........and do a manual
adjustment with the software
peter
"nandrosa" wrote in message
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I recently decided to install the 64-bit version of Samsung's display
adjustment software called MagicTune. I have a Samsung 173P display,
which only features an external on/off button. I am running an eVGA
7900 GS video card. The display is connected by a DVI cable. After I
installed the software, on a restart I noticed that the Asus boot-up
picture was brighter than usual. In fact I could no longer read part of
the text on it which tells me which button to press to access the boot
menu. I uninstalled the MagicTune software, but the problem remained. I
reinstalled the latest nVidia drivers from eVGA's website, no change.
I re-installed the entire operating system, no change. Either the
software permanently changed something on my video card, or on my
monitor. I just want to go back to the way things were before, when the
display was automatically detected and all the defaults were perfect.

"nandrosa" wrote in message
ups.com...
I recently decided to install the 64-bit version of Samsung's display
adjustment software called MagicTune. I have a Samsung 173P display,
which only features an external on/off button. I am running an eVGA
7900 GS video card. The display is connected by a DVI cable. After I
installed the software, on a restart I noticed that the Asus boot-up
picture was brighter than usual. In fact I could no longer read part
of
the text on it which tells me which button to press to access the boot
menu. I uninstalled the MagicTune software, but the problem remained.
I
reinstalled the latest nVidia drivers from eVGA's website, no change.
I re-installed the entire operating system, no change. Either the
software permanently changed something on my video card, or on my
monitor. I just want to go back to the way things were before, when
the
display was automatically detected and all the defaults were perfect.


I have a Samsung 940bx connected via DVI and the way I understand it is
that Magictune is only used if you connect via analog (vga cable).

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Dennis

nandrosa wrote:
I recently decided to install the 64-bit version of Samsung's display
adjustment software called MagicTune. I have a Samsung 173P display,
which only features an external on/off button. I am running an eVGA
7900 GS video card. The display is connected by a DVI cable. After I
installed the software, on a restart I noticed that the Asus boot-up
picture was brighter than usual. In fact I could no longer read part of
the text on it which tells me which button to press to access the boot
menu. I uninstalled the MagicTune software, but the problem remained. I
reinstalled the latest nVidia drivers from eVGA's website, no change.
I re-installed the entire operating system, no change. Either the
software permanently changed something on my video card, or on my
monitor. I just want to go back to the way things were before, when the
display was automatically detected and all the defaults were perfect.


http://www.modsynergy.com/review134.htm

"However, if you do have problems, this Samsung 173P features the loved
“AUTO” mode. To utilize the AUTO mode, hold the power button for at
least 3 seconds until AUTO begins its task."

Give the power button a try, and see if holding the power button for
three seconds, will restore the screen appearance. You should hear
a beep, acknowledging the Auto setting.

(PDF page 11)
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/co...395A-00Eng.pdf

Paul