Color shifting w/ 9600XT

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Zach

I'm currently using a Dell P1130 21" CRT coupled up with an ATI Radeon
9600XT video card on Win XP Pro. I've profiled the monitor using Spyder,
set it as the default profile and all goes well until the screensaver
kicks in. The profile shifts
to some God-awful colors and won't change back unless I either reboot or
access a 3D game (i.e. Quake) and the profile colors return after
exiting the game. This has been going on for quite some time and it's
occurred with ALL updated drivers from ATI. Has anyone else experienced
a similar quirk and if so, how did you fix it? I recently went back to
the CRT for Photoshop work after weighing the pros and cons between it
and the Dell flat panel I was using. However, the same quirk was
occurring with it as well. Any insight is duly appreciated.

Zach
 
I'm currently using a Dell P1130 21" CRT coupled up with an ATI Radeon
9600XT video card on Win XP Pro. I've profiled the monitor using Spyder,
set it as the default profile and all goes well until the screensaver
kicks in. The profile shifts
to some God-awful colors and won't change back unless I either reboot or
access a 3D game (i.e. Quake) and the profile colors return after
exiting the game. This has been going on for quite some time and it's
occurred with ALL updated drivers from ATI. Has anyone else experienced
a similar quirk and if so, how did you fix it? I recently went back to
the CRT for Photoshop work after weighing the pros and cons between it
and the Dell flat panel I was using. However, the same quirk was
occurring with it as well. Any insight is duly appreciated.

Zach
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Have you tried it without Spyder, Zach?

Patrick

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patrickp said:
Have you tried it without Spyder, Zach?

Patrick
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No, I need the profile to have the color accuracy for Photoshop. I did
however, change the screensaver from a DirectX type (i.e. 3D pipes) to a
regular one and that solved the shifting problem. There's apparently
some problem in the card's processor or memory which is preventing it
from loading the profile correctly after accessing DirectX functions.
Just a guess on my part.

Zach
 
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