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    Asus Zenbook Prime's Screen Yellowish Tint Issue

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tasmonkey, Jul 25, 2012.

  1. tasmonkey

    tasmonkey Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    So the yellowish tint issue with the screen is getting reported by numerous members in the forum and it is mentioned by some reviews as well. I'm starting a new thread just to see if we can get some answers on the issue.

    I wonder what the issue is. I hope it's just a settings issue and not a hardware one.

    Has anyone managed to resolve the issue? I have been playing around the Splendid Utility and changing the color temperature but it just makes it worse.
     
    tasmonkey, Jul 25, 2012
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    hotsauce Notebook Evangelist

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    Bone white here. Man, this machine is a target for perfection...fine tooth combs up in here.
     
    hotsauce, Jul 25, 2012
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    qfn123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had a post about it. Just use Windows' color adjustment and move red and green down a notch. The Asus splendid thing made things worse I just removed it all together.
     
    qfn123, Jul 26, 2012
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    shawnblais Newbie

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    I had this issue as well and found a fix, just wanted to let you guys know.

    Zenbook UX32VD
    My symptoms
    * 1-2 second after logging in, screen would get a yellow tint.
    * Running the "Calibrate Display" and hitting next once, would restore proper color.
    * After sleeping and waking up, yellow tint would return.

    After a bunch of playing with msconfig, I found the culprit to be the CFMON Asus service.

    Fix:
    msconfig > startup > disable "CFMON" > restart
    :)
     
    shawnblais, Sep 12, 2012
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  5. geisterhome

    geisterhome Notebook Enthusiast

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    im having exact the same issue with my Ux32vd! really annoying, i want to return it. do you guy think that this is a solution or do all asus with ips screen that issue?
     
    geisterhome, Dec 12, 2012
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  6. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Someone else reported that a firmware update also corrected this. I won't go so far as to say the firmware is "faulty", but it sounds like poor factory calibration, at the very least.
     
    Prostar Computer, Dec 12, 2012
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  7. geisterhome

    geisterhome Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have then 212 firmware, so not one of the older versions, i think? :confused:
     
    geisterhome, Dec 13, 2012
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    I'm not sure what the date on the 212 release is. You can try contacting Asus to check for any newer versions, or ask around the related threads for anyone to upload it or PM their current version for you.

    If you're up to date, it may just require some calibration on your end.
     
    Prostar Computer, Dec 13, 2012
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    its from 2012.10.11, the second newest to download for my notebook in thier download section on the asus website, 213 is newest, its from 12.12.12, so yesterday actually. i will give it a try but i would be very surprised if it adresses the issues im and others are having with thier screens.
     
    geisterhome, Dec 13, 2012
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    Give it a shot and let us know if it resolves anything! Other users reported that the previous update (from 2012.10.11) worked - although this doesn't quite sound like a firmware problem, per se.
     
    Prostar Computer, Dec 14, 2012
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    geisterhome Notebook Enthusiast

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    it didn't help anything, as expected. still unsure if I should try to return it and get another one, or try to live with it. it isn't all that bad with a few tweaks but just not prefect. if it was half the price I would probably not mind it. also I'm not sure if the one I would get in return would be much better.

    Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
     
    geisterhome, Dec 18, 2012
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    If it's noticeably bad even with adjustment, then by all means, send it in or exchange it if you can. It's possible that the screen tint is poorly calibrated, in which case you can only do so much with color profiles.

    You could always purchase a spyder too, but those are meant more for enthusiasts/photographers, and they can run quite a bit of $.
     
    Prostar Computer, Dec 18, 2012
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    I had the same symptoms, but could not find this "CFMON" service in the startup menu on my UX32VD-DB71 with Win7. Did you mean ACMON? Here is the screenshot of my (only 1 week old) UX32VD startup menu: imgur: the simple image sharer
     
    phototechguy, Dec 27, 2012
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    Thanks for sharing. Would anybody know what to do if I don't have "CFMON" in MSConfig > Startup ?
     
    ameldgaard, Dec 27, 2012
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    cfmon is registered as a Trojan. ;) If you don't have it, then that's a good thing.

    ameldgaard - if you're having the same tint problem as OP, uninstall the driver for the monitor in Device Manager, then reboot. Hopefully that resolves it.
     
    Prostar Computer, Dec 28, 2012
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    hme Newbie

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    this might help.

    it just happened to my zenbook a few minutes ago after my cat jumped on my keyboard so it suddenly turned to yellowish/warm color. so i check on the internet if i could find any solution. i did disable some entries in the startup, etc.. but most of the posted failed to solve the problem. out of my frustration, i right clicked my mouse from the desktop, go to the personalize, click the display and finally click the CALIBRATE COLOR... it turns to normal again... :)

    RIGHT CLICK DESKTOP>PERSONALIZE>DISPLAY>CALIBRATE COLOR
     
    hme, Jun 1, 2013
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