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This photography hobby of mine is getting out of hand and so I purchased a Spyder3PRO from a store where I've also bought my gear and they are legit as I've visited them a couple of times.I went to install the software however and during the activation process I'm told the serial number is already in use (error code -5). I opened the box only now and it was still sealed.

The serial number can't be seen without opening the quick manual so it's not like anybody could've spotted it from looking at the packaging.Anybody else ever had this problem with their Spyder3? I've also got a Spyder2Express and that one worked fine straight away, so it's not like I'm trying to bash Datacolor here (I've already opened a ticket with them) but I was just wondering if this is a more recurring issue? Robert Montagne de Ceriseswrote:Hi Pictus, thanks very much for pointing that out. I've followed your tutorial and you were not kidding when you said that calibration will take a long time. My computer's been busy calibrating my screen for over nearly 90 minutes! You are welcome, doing before going to bed is good, it is much better, you will see when doing Photoshop Soft proof and even in the tests:With Datacolor soft you may get color cast in dark parts with monitors with deep blacks, mainly if using less than 120 cd/m2 of luminosity, it is a hardware limitation, but Argyll retry many timesto get an accurate reading.I just started my second attempt to calibrate the display of my Dell XPS 15 (L502x) 1080p wide-gamut screen. Apparently it's one of the best screens currently available on laptops, so my hopes are high!To be spectacular the monitor and puck must be spectacular.Am I correct to think that I can skip the part about option #2 where I can tweak the RGB channels to match 6500K as much as possible because on a laptop you don't have controls to manually alter those values.

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So any deviation from 6500K will have to be corrected by the profile. Am I understanding it correctly?Thanks again for taking the time to help me out.