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    Acer Ferrari 4005 - screen color adjustment

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by r0n1n, Dec 7, 2005.

  1. r0n1n

    r0n1n Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey folks,

    I'd like to share with everyone a way to tweak your gamma, brightness, and contrast for your LCD screen. As you know, the Ferrari keyboard only allows you to adjust the overall brightness of the picture. Using ATI's Catalyst control panel, you can further adjust the individual levels to help you find just the right settings.

    Depending on your tastes, the default screen settings might appear a bit bright and not very saturated with color, at least to my liking. After I updated my ATI Mobility Catalyst drivers to the latest and greatest, I updated the following settings in the ATI control panel as follows:

    Gamma: 1.00
    Brightness: -45
    Contrast: 95

    To adjust your settings:

    1. Load up the ATI control panel (either right-click the desktop and select the ATI Catalyst Control Center or get to it via Display Properties)
    2. On the "View" button on the toolbar, make sure you have 'Advanced View' selected
    3. In the "Graphics Settings" area (the treeview), select "Color"
    4. Adjust the sliders until you find the levels that suit you best.

    After doing so, the screen is much more readable and I can easily see higher color contrast and definition.

    Good luck!

    -Paul


    ATI Mobile Catalyst drivers:
    http://www.ati.com/online/mobilecatalyst/
     
    r0n1n, Dec 7, 2005
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  2. germax25

    germax25 Newbie

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    I have been unable to upgrade my Ferrari to Mobile Catalyst5.13. During installation a notice comes up saying the driver is incompatible with my system.
    Has anyone else come up against this? Can anyone suggest a workaround?
     
    germax25, Jan 9, 2006
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    miriam Newbie

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    i am looking for a monitor driver for my acer travelmate 4000 laptop. the power went off a week ago and the screen has since been quite dim. you forum mentioned that there are drivers available for acer ferrari that allows you to adjust the brightness of the lcd screen. are there any drivers for the travelmate that do the same thing? i cant seem to find anything on the laptop itself, looking at the display and monitor drivers. should i be looking at video drivers? they dont seem to be the correct thing to look at. HELP!
    ps the ferarri driver does not work for me
     
    miriam, May 12, 2006
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