do you have to set NVIDIA to override the intel to accomplish this: "First thing, you should use the Nvidia settings instead of the preset ones. I"
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right click on your desktop and select nvidia control panel.Choose manage 3D settings and select the Nvidia processor instead if u want, by default it should be the auto-select which is great if you use it on the go. In the video settings, choose Nvidia settings instead of video player settings.
I did only the bold part and I saw some difference. Auto-select works good enough.
Also, you could make sure that he always uses Nvidia GPU for movies you watch with windows media player for example and leave the auto-select feature on.
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Hey guys after playing around with some other computers I noticed my screen is more blue than others. I adjusted my colors through the Intel inegrated video card settings and it seemed to fix it, but still some colors seem off. It's just too hard to adjust to be accurate to say a Macbook.
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Hello all -- I am a new member to the forum., and a pure novice when it comes to technical issues about configuring and setting up computers.
I am looking for specific recommendations concerning what to do when resizing the partitioned hard drives on the QX10 during initial setup. Should one make the C Drive substantially larger, say 500 gb, and the D drive around 100 gb? I am pretty confused about what to do and don't want to make a fatal mistake, as I don't possess all of the technical skills that most of the posters on this forum possess. I also don't want to do anything that would cause my system to lose needed drivers or create other problems because I did something wrong.
Thanks in advance for any technical advice or recommendations.
I really like what I look at the display model as Best Buy when I look at the computer, but don't want to bring one home from the store and discover lots of problems I don't know how to correct.
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Thanks Dahray02
I principally use my computer for work (MS Word docs, excel, powerpoint), but I also do store pics on it, and plan to load Itunes and music on this machine.
From the Samsung support site, it appears they suggest sizing the C and D drive so they are roughly the same.
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I spoke with Best Buy today, and the Geek Squad guy said that when they set up the QX-410, they resize it so that the C partition uses up about 90% of the available space on the drive, and the D roughly 10%.
Would you advise against this partition allocation, or does this setup create any problems?
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John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator
The C drive gets wiped if you ever use the Samsung Recover Solution so my preference is to keep it quite small (Windows + programs) and put all the user files on D: Also, if you use SRS to make user backups then it stores images of C: on the D drive.
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Thanks John, I appreciate the recommendation.
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Guys, laptop looks good, but how about that wide black line under the screen? The real showstopper for me is the lack of blu-ray, but hopefully there will be another revision with one sometime soon.
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Everything is good beside the screen
It rips me off, gonna return this laptop
The most horrible screen I have ever seen,the color wash out,too much white,low contrast,etc
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Reviews I've read were great on it too!
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The laptop is good for what it costs and has enough punch in it. Of course you can not compare it with some high speed rigs with quad core processor and high end graphic card, but compare it with any mid range mainstream laptop and it wins in every single aspect. If samsung can put a good high resolution screen (It does not mean in any way that current screen is not usable) it can give even MAC BOOK run for its money .
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I just found your site after searching for "problems with QX410". I am an absolute "anti"-computer nerd. I just basically know how to turn them on and off. I did research though and this looked great for the money. I got it set up OK but when I wanted to see what the video worked like, I tried a few different sites like You Tube and CNN news video (I have wifi) and the videos keep stopping and starting with the wheel going round in the centre. Radio site with just audio is fine. When I phoned Samsung the guy told me that someone else had this problem a few days ago and he sent the information to a "higher up" but he hasn't heard anything back yet. He said he will call me when he has an answer - maybe in about a week. This seems really odd to me - does anyone know a solution to this or heard anything about it? Any advice gratefully received. Tx.
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URBANGLOWCAM: How in the world did you adjust your colors? I've tried but have not been able to find the "perfect" settings". It's pretty frustrating. Can you give some insight? Perhaps what "Levels/Numbers" the settings you have? Anything would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!!!
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Sure no problem guys. First.....I'm curious. Do you all have the latest, separate video drivers installed?
- VGA(Graphics), INTEL (Driver) (ver.8.15.10.2202)
-VGA(Graphics), NVIDIA (Driver) (ver.8.17.12.5941)
The reason I ask is because I feel like I noticed the strange colors after updating them a few weeks ago. I don't think I had the blue hue when I first received the laptop. What's wrong with the colors on all of yours too? Too blue? Too red? etc.
As far as how I fixed it...I went into the control panel and clicked Intel(R) Graphics and Media. Under Display go to Color Enhancement. Keep in mind that you can individually adjust RGB colors if you want too. I had to do that to get my desired settings. There is a lot of tinkering you might have to do. It took me awhile and I tried comparing my screen to other laptops that were calibrated already. You can do this by comparing the same website site by site.
The only thing you'll notice after setting it up is whenever you bring your laptop up from sleep or a shut down it'll flicker from the original color state to your new one first. I hope future Nvidia/Intel video drivers will fix the colors. Maybe we should e-mail Samsung/Nvidia. I don't know which card is causing the discoloration. I hope I helped. -
I had been using the same method you have but to no avail. I suppose I'll just keep at it. I'm hoping some type of update comes out that fixes it because that's really my only gripe with this notebook; other than that it's great.
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These all sound like video card driver issues. They seem fixable. I'll definitely e-mail Samsung about it to make them more aware. Hopefully they'll look into it but I'm only one person so..... dunno how that works.
Edit: I made them aware of it through Samsung's live chat. Please you guys do the same. They notated the issues. If you report it, it might make them more aware of it for future updates. Just go to http://www.samsung.com/us/support/# and click LIVE CHAT SUPPORT. It takes only a few minutes. Or if you feel like calling that works too. Thank you. -
I'll live chat tonight and discuss these issues with them. They REALLY need to fix this ASAP because this is almost inexusable for a laptop that people are callling a MacBook Pro replacement/alternative. Of all things, you REALLY need to make the screen look fantastic, otherwise people won't care.
Urbanglowcam: Any chance you could snap some pics or screen shots of your display settings so I could try them out?? It would be MUCH appreciated.
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Thanks! I just hope it makes them more aware of it. I compared my QX410 to my friends new Macbook Pro and it definitely outperformed it in pretty much every way. Take note that I have a SSD put in and his is the 13" model with just an Intel dual core.
The only thing I noticed better was his display, as it was more vibrant.
Here's a shot I took of my display settings. Hopefully this makes the colors more impressive to you until the display drivers can be fixed.
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The flickering is due to hardware acceleration in FLASH 10.1 beta release. If you disable it from the FLASH settings it will work fine.
NVIDIA has released the new driver to support FLASH 10.1 features but it wont work until Samsung provides it own official version of the new driver.
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is it possible to install a 1.8" ssd intel x18-m on this laptop or no?
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Cheers, trying it out tonight!!!
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does anyone know the difference between the qx410 and the q430? thankkss
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okayy thanks
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John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator
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Well, I put your settings in and while they're better, I still feel like it's lacking. I'll work with it some more but thanks again for the help!
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heyy i just got this laptop, man its fast HAHA, anyways, i was wondering which backup option is the one that has windows 7 and all those essential samsung drivers in it? i dont want the one which backs up my personal data, just the essential stuff.... thanks
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To all qx410 owners -
1. What's the fan noise like on this machine with the stock 5400 rpm hdd?
2. What is the heat situation like on this machine? What areas heat up the most?
3. Will adding a 7200 rpm drive bring significant advantages over the stock 5400 rpm disk? Does a faster hdd add to the overall heat generated by the system?
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You sure there is no bluetooth on it? There was a bluetooth driver and it was removed on the official Samsung support site. But then it was added as a Win XP driver which is strange because it's a Win 7 laptop. Maybe it doesn't have it.... -
So I got this laptop yesterday. Put in a brand new SSD and this thing is blazing. Installed all of the drivers that I could think of. I was trying to see if I installed the dual GPU right... I do see two different devices (Intel + 310M) under devices manager but how do I know if Nvidia Optimus is working? Right now my laptop is operating under Intel as I only see the Intel GPU icon downright in the bottom corner. How do I switch to the 310m gpu? Is there any indication that I'm using the 310m?
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Hi, i have a question, suddenly my computer started to slow down. in only a day since i bought it, i want to create a dvd to make it indentical to how i got it when i first started the computer, which option in the recovery program do i use? thanks in advance
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John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator
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I have played with this laptop at Best Buy and I like a lot of its features. The chiclet keyboard in particular feels quite nice and comfortable to type on.
There are a few improvements I would like to see though:
1) Higher resolution and brighter screen--preferably matte.
2) At least one USB 3.0 port.
3) Faster graphics processor.
Do you guys think Samsung will announce the successor to the QX410 at the upcoming CES?
The Samsung QX410 Thread
Discussion in 'Samsung' started by tonyjerry, Sep 22, 2010.