Satellite A50-543, too much contrast

Hi,
I bought an A50-543 yesterday.
After starting the Notebook, Ive saw that the machine has too much contrast.
I changed the Gamma Correction Settings.
But in the default settings, the machine has to much contrast.
We couldnt compare this Notebook with another one from the same Series, cause we dont have another one !
The display is too brilliant but if I adjust the Gamma Settings, all is ok.
I think thats the Picture has to be normal without changing the Gamma Settings.
What do you think, is this Normal or not ?
Regards
[Edited by: Forum Moderation]

Hi,
in my opinion you could try to compare two drivers.
At first deinstall the actual driver, then install the original graphic driver from the tools&utilities CD, run the system for a test and remember the contrast.
After that deinstall the driver and install the newest driver for your graphic card from https://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com
Install this and compare the contrast to the orinigal driver before!
At every driver install try the standard default installation routine!.
Try it, compare it and kepp me posted!
Hans

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04/05/2015 18:52:35.597 helpd[296]: Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Carbon Copy Cloner/Carbon Copy Cloner.app/Contents/Resources/Help
04/05/2015 18:52:35.598 helpd[296]: Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Carbon Copy Cloner/Carbon Copy Cloner.app/Contents/Resources/Help
04/05/2015 18:52:35.612 helpd[296]: Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Final Cut Pro Studio/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Final Cut Pro Help
04/05/2015 18:52:35.613 helpd[296]: Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Final Cut Pro Studio/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Final Cut Pro Help
04/05/2015 18:52:37.542 mds[55]: (DiskStore.Error:1417) Unexpected file dev:16777225 storeDev:16777218 mode:41ed hint:3111641 oid:3111641 ino:3111641 fsEvents:1 /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/[email protected]@imap.gmail.com -- /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/[email protected]@imap.gmail.com
04/05/2015 18:52:37.542 mds[55]: (DiskStore.Error:1417) Unexpected file dev:16777225 storeDev:16777218 mode:41ed hint:3078032 oid:3078032 ino:3078032 fsEvents:1 /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/[email protected] -- /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/[email protected]
04/05/2015 18:52:37.542 mds[55]: (DiskStore.Error:1417) Unexpected file dev:16777225 storeDev:16777218 mode:41ed hint:3096791 oid:3096791 ino:3096791 fsEvents:1 /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/[email protected]/[Google Mail].mbox/Spam.mbox -- /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/[email protected]/[Google Mail].mbox/Spam.mbox
04/05/2015 18:52:37.542 mds[55]: (DiskStore.Error:1417) Unexpected file dev:16777225 storeDev:16777218 mode:41ed hint:3112877 oid:3112877 ino:3112877 fsEvents:1 /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/[email protected]@imap.gmail.com -- /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/[email protected]@imap.gmail.com
04/05/2015 18:52:37.542 mds[55]: (DiskStore.Error:1417) Unexpected file dev:16777225 storeDev:16777218 mode:41ed hint:3105498 oid:3105498 ino:3105498 fsEvents:1 /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes -- /Users/leopard/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes
04/05/2015 18:52:39.465 sandboxd[328]: ([430]) icbaccountsd(430) deny mach-lookup com.apple.CrashReporterSupportHelper
04/05/2015 18:52:42.205 com.apple.backupd[433]: Starting automatic backup
04/05/2015 18:52:43.308 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
04/05/2015 18:52:50.022 com.apple.backupd[433]: Backing up to /dev/disk1s3: /Volumes/My Book/Backups.backupdb
04/05/2015 18:53:40.588 mapspushd[322]: 2015-05-04 18:53:40.588, 322, 42c4fc20, [MapsAnnouncements]: server returned error: 404 for URL http://gspe21.ls.apple.com/config/announcements?hardware=iMac10,1&lang=en&os=osx &os_build=14D136&os_version=10.10.3
04/05/2015 18:53:40.589 mapspushd[322]: 2015-05-04 18:53:40.588, 322, 42c4fc20, [MapsAnnouncements]: Failed to load announcements document: Error Domain=GEOErrorDomain Code=-601 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (GEOErrorDomain error -601.)" UserInfo=0x7fba42c4deb0 {NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=http://gspe21.ls.apple.com/config/announcements?hardware=iMac10,1&lang=en&os=osx &os_build=14D136&os_version=10.10.3, HTTP Status Code=404}
04/05/2015 18:53:40.989 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[440]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
04/05/2015 18:53:41.159 nbagent[439]: XPC Activity invoked with state=0
04/05/2015 18:53:41.160 nbagent[439]: XPC Activity invoked with state=2
04/05/2015 18:53:41.329 storeaccountd[317]: AccountServiceDelegate: Accepting new connection <NSXPCConnection: 0x7ff9a8580770> connection from pid 439 with interface <AccountServiceInterface: 0x7ff9a8598880> (PID 439)
04/05/2015 18:53:41.739 periodic-wrapper[441]: Running daily periodic task.
04/05/2015 18:53:43.613 storeaccountd[317]: ADI: {
    "Accept-Ranges" = bytes;
    "Cache-Control" = "max-age=14400";
    Connection = "Keep-Alive";
    "Content-Encoding" = gzip;
    "Content-Language" = "en-us";
    "Content-Length" = 793;
    "Content-Type" = "application/x-apple-plist";
    Date = "Mon, 04 May 2015 17:53:43 GMT";
    Etag = "\"e20-5071070ddab80\"";
    Expires = "Mon, 04 May 2015 21:53:43 GMT";
    "Keep-Alive" = "timeout=15, max=281";
    "Last-Modified" = "Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:01:18 GMT";
    Server = Apache;
04/05/2015 18:53:44.006 sandboxd[328]: ([447]) nbstated(447) deny ipc-posix-shm-read-data com.apple.AppleDatabaseChanged
04/05/2015 18:53:58.000 kernel[0]: hfs: mounted Recovery HD on device disk0s3
04/05/2015 18:53:58.472 mdworker[366]: (ImportBailout.Error:1325) Asked to exit for Diskarb
04/05/2015 18:53:58.474 mdworker[435]: (ImportBailout.Error:1325) Asked to exit for Diskarb
04/05/2015 18:53:58.476 mdworker[436]: (ImportBailout.Error:1325) Asked to exit for Diskarb
04/05/2015 18:53:58.476 mdworker[437]: (ImportBailout.Error:1325) Asked to exit for Diskarb
04/05/2015 18:53:58.478 CoreServicesUIAgent[359]: unexpected message <OS_xpc_error: <error: 0x7fff76be0c60> { count = 1, contents =
"XPCErrorDescription" => <string: 0x7fff76be0f70> { length = 18, contents = "Connection invalid" }
}>
04/05/2015 18:53:58.478 mdworker[438]: (ImportBailout.Error:1325) Asked to exit for Diskarb
04/05/2015 18:53:58.558 fseventsd[42]: Logging disabled completely for device:1: /Volumes/Recovery HD
04/05/2015 18:53:58.565 mds[55]: (Volume.Normal:2464) volume:0x7f96c413b000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/Recovery HD
04/05/2015 18:53:58.000 kernel[0]: hfs: unmount initiated on Recovery HD on device disk0s3
04/05/2015 18:56:38.724 Mail[309]: {"status":"400","schemes":"Bearer","scope":"https://mail.google.com/"}
04/05/2015 18:56:39.031 Mail[309]: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:56:39.031 Mail[309]: Failed to start the SASL connection
SASL(-1): generic failure: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:56:40.704 Mail[309]: {"status":"400","schemes":"Bearer","scope":"https://mail.google.com/"}
04/05/2015 18:56:40.977 Mail[309]: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:56:40.977 Mail[309]: Failed to start the SASL connection
SASL(-1): generic failure: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:56:43.160 Mail[309]: {"status":"400","schemes":"Bearer","scope":"https://mail.google.com/"}
04/05/2015 18:56:43.428 Mail[309]: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:56:43.428 Mail[309]: Failed to start the SASL connection
SASL(-1): generic failure: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:57:00.920 WindowServer[154]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [729933074334]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
04/05/2015 18:57:00.920 WindowServer[154]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
04/05/2015 18:57:01.086 identityservicesd[287]: <IMMacNotificationCenterManager: 0x7fd52247b130>: notification observer: com.apple.iChat   notification: __CFNotification 0x7fd522414040 {name = _NSDoNotDisturbDisabledNotification}
04/05/2015 18:57:01.235 identityservicesd[287]: <IMMacNotificationCenterManager: 0x7fd52247b130>:    NC Disabled: NO
04/05/2015 18:57:01.241 identityservicesd[287]: <IMMacNotificationCenterManager: 0x7fd52247b130>:   DND Enabled: NO
04/05/2015 18:57:01.242 identityservicesd[287]: <IMMacNotificationCenterManager: 0x7fd52247b130>: Updating enabled: YES   (Topics: (
04/05/2015 18:57:06.630 com.apple.backupd[433]: Will copy (547 KB) from Macintosh HD
04/05/2015 18:57:06.720 com.apple.backupd[433]: Found 14392 files (112.99 GB) needing backup
04/05/2015 18:57:06.728 com.apple.backupd[433]: 136.19 GB required (including padding), 118.1 GB available
04/05/2015 18:57:09.840 Mail[309]: {"status":"400","schemes":"Bearer","scope":"https://mail.google.com/"}
04/05/2015 18:57:10.119 Mail[309]: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:57:10.119 Mail[309]: Failed to start the SASL connection
SASL(-1): generic failure: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:57:12.387 Mail[309]: {"status":"400","schemes":"Bearer","scope":"https://mail.google.com/"}
04/05/2015 18:57:12.668 Mail[309]: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:57:12.669 Mail[309]: Failed to start the SASL connection
SASL(-1): generic failure: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:57:14.340 Mail[309]: {"status":"400","schemes":"Bearer","scope":"https://mail.google.com/"}
04/05/2015 18:57:14.619 Mail[309]: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:57:14.619 Mail[309]: Failed to start the SASL connection
SASL(-1): generic failure: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:57:14.620 com.apple.backupd[433]: Deleted backup /Volumes/My Book/Backups.backupdb/Paul Breeden’s imac (2)/2015-05-02-204937 containing 782.8 MB; 118.88 GB now available, 136.19 GB required
04/05/2015 18:57:22.106 com.apple.backupd[433]: Deleted backup /Volumes/My Book/Backups.backupdb/Paul Breeden’s imac (2)/2015-05-03-181125 containing 31.6 MB; 118.92 GB now available, 136.19 GB required
04/05/2015 18:57:22.108 com.apple.backupd[433]: Removed 2 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
04/05/2015 18:57:22.281 Mail[309]: {"status":"400","schemes":"Bearer","scope":"https://mail.google.com/"}
04/05/2015 18:57:22.562 Mail[309]: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:57:22.562 Mail[309]: Failed to start the SASL connection
SASL(-1): generic failure: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 18:57:47.959 com.apple.backupd[433]: Deleted backup /Volumes/My Book/Backups.backupdb/Paul Breeden’s imac (2)/2015-04-25-125849 containing 2.94 GB; 121.86 GB now available, 136.19 GB required
04/05/2015 18:57:47.960 com.apple.backupd[433]: Removed 3 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
04/05/2015 18:58:01.552 com.apple.backupd[433]: Deleted backup /Volumes/My Book/Backups.backupdb/Paul Breeden’s imac (2)/2015-04-26-110446 containing 6.31 GB; 128.17 GB now available, 136.19 GB required
04/05/2015 18:58:01.554 com.apple.backupd[433]: Removed 4 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
04/05/2015 18:58:30.290 com.apple.backupd[433]: Deleted backup /Volumes/My Book/Backups.backupdb/Paul Breeden’s imac (2)/2015-04-27-095120 containing 110.88 GB; 239.05 GB now available, 136.19 GB required
04/05/2015 18:58:30.290 com.apple.backupd[433]: Deleted 5 backups containing 120.95 GB total; 239.05 GB now available, 136.19 GB required
04/05/2015 18:58:30.290 com.apple.backupd[433]: Backup date range was shortened: oldest backup is now Apr 28, 2015
04/05/2015 18:59:01.076 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[533]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
04/05/2015 18:59:09.015 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
04/05/2015 18:59:10.846 nsurlstoraged[308]: purgeEntireFileSystemStore - failed to rename the current cache dir /Users/leopard/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple. mail/fsCachedData to new cache dir /var/folders/wv/x9z7l4911p33dv8jyv6nby6m0000gn/T/fsCachedData_remove. Errno=18
04/05/2015 18:59:14.837 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
04/05/2015 18:59:51.249 spindump[412]: Saved spin report for System Preferences version 14.0 (14.0) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-05-04-185951_Paul-Breedens-imac-5.spin
04/05/2015 19:00:05.000 kernel[0]: process WindowServer[154] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 157; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 66094
04/05/2015 19:00:05.871 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.ReportCrash.Root[544]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash.DirectoryService
04/05/2015 19:00:05.875 SubmitDiagInfo[340]: Couldn't load config file from on-disk location. Falling back to default location. Reason: Won't serialize in _readDictionaryFromJSONData due to nil object
04/05/2015 19:00:11.473 spindump[412]: Saved wakeups_resource.diag report for WindowServer version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WindowServer_2015-05-04-190011_Paul-Breedens-im ac-5.wakeups_resource.diag
04/05/2015 19:00:56.197 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
04/05/2015 19:00:56.530 iconservicesd[59]: Failed to move temp file /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store/B9FF2D6E-5D0C-1218-402C-B706F28B0A 68.isdata.tmp to /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store/B9FF2D6E-5D0C-1218-402C-B706F28B0A 68.isdata with error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=516 "“B9FF2D6E-5D0C-1218-402C-B706F28B0A68.isdata.tmp” couldn’t be moved to “com.apple.iconservices.store” because an item with the same name already exists." UserInfo=0x7fb949c13070 {NSSourceFilePathErrorKey=/Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store/B9FF2D6E -5D0C-1218-402C-B706F28B0A68.isdata.tmp, NSUserStringVariant=(
    Move
), NSDestinationFilePath=/Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store/B9FF2D6E-5D0 C-1218-402C-B706F28B0A68.isdata, NSFilePath=/Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store/B9FF2D6E-5D0C-1218-402C -B706F28B0A68.isdata.tmp, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fb949c11ba0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. File exists"}
04/05/2015 19:00:57.204 QuickLookSatellite[545]: Failed to obtain sandbox extension for path=/Users/leopard/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.satellite. Errno:1
04/05/2015 19:00:57.211 QuickLookSatellite[545]: Failed to obtain sandbox extension for path=/Users/leopard/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.satellite. Errno:1
04/05/2015 19:00:57.796 QuickLookSatellite[545]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.
04/05/2015 19:00:57.796 QuickLookSatellite[545]: Invalid Connection ID 0
04/05/2015 19:01:02.753 sandboxd[328]: ([545]) QuickLookSatelli(545) deny file-issue-extension /Users/leopard/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.satellite
04/05/2015 19:01:02.824 sandboxd[328]: ([545]) QuickLookSatelli(545) deny mach-lookup com.apple.nsurlstorage-cache
04/05/2015 19:01:02.837 sandboxd[328]: ([545]) QuickLookSatelli(545) deny file-issue-extension /Users/leopard/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.satellite
04/05/2015 19:01:02.896 sandboxd[328]: ([545]) QuickLookSatelli(545) deny mach-lookup com.apple.nsurlstorage-cache
04/05/2015 19:01:08.015 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook.satellite.7940DB53-496F-47D2-87E2-C3EE3CBF1E27[545]) Service exited due to signal: Killed: 9
04/05/2015 19:01:19.128 apsd[75]: Illegal subject name missing 'courier.push.apple.com' (2.5.4.3): ({
    label = "2.5.4.6";
    "localized label" = "2.5.4.6";
    type = string;
    value = US;
    label = "2.5.4.8";
    "localized label" = "2.5.4.8";
    type = string;
    value = California;
    label = "2.5.4.7";
    "localized label" = "2.5.4.7";
    type = string;
    value = Cupertino;
    label = "2.5.4.10";
    "localized label" = "2.5.4.10";
    type = string;
    value = "Apple Inc.";
    label = "2.5.4.3";
    "localized label" = "2.5.4.3";
    type = string;
    value = "courier.sandbox.push.apple.com";
04/05/2015 19:01:24.087 Adobe InDesign CS5[550]: WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.3 instead of 10.10.3. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number.
Call location:
04/05/2015 19:01:24.087 Adobe InDesign CS5[550]: 0   CarbonCore                          0x93ff9291 ___Gestalt_SystemVersion_block_invoke + 135
04/05/2015 19:01:24.087 Adobe InDesign CS5[550]: 1   libdispatch.dylib                   0x9a9460b5 dispatch_once_f + 251
04/05/2015 19:01:24.087 Adobe InDesign CS5[550]: 2   libdispatch.dylib                   0x9a9470d8 dispatch_once + 31
04/05/2015 19:01:24.088 Adobe InDesign CS5[550]: 3   CarbonCore                          0x93f7269d _Gestalt_SystemVersion + 1050
04/05/2015 19:01:24.088 Adobe InDesign CS5[550]: 4   CarbonCore                          0x93f717c0 Gestalt + 150
04/05/2015 19:01:24.088 Adobe InDesign CS5[550]: 5   AdobeAFL                            0x016ebfae _ZN5adobe3afl12MacFileUtils13AFileToFSSpecERKNS0_5AFileER6FSSpec + 5254
04/05/2015 19:01:24.088 Adobe InDesign CS5[550]: 6   ???                                 0x8feb70b3 0x0 + 2414571699
04/05/2015 19:01:28.908 Mail[309]: {"status":"400","schemes":"Bearer","scope":"https://mail.google.com/"}
04/05/2015 19:01:28.952 Adobe InDesign CS5[550]: The function ‘CGSFlushWindow’ is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance. Please use `CGSFlushWindowContentRegion' instead.
04/05/2015 19:01:29.229 Mail[309]: XOAUTH2 requires user
04/05/2015 19:01:29.229 Mail[309]: Failed to start the SASL connection
SASL(-1): generic failure: XOAUTH2 requires user
Hope this isn't too much ... thanks again for everyone's input.

"Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer, one or more of your USB devices have been disabled.

Here is the total error message:
"Because a USB devce was drawing too much power from your computer, one
or more of your USB devices have been disabled.
To prevent damaging your computer, the USB device drawing too much
power has been disabled. Other devices may have also been disabled.
When you disconnect the device drawing too much power, your other USB
devices will be enabled again."
Now in contrast to every other thread on this i get this error message eveytime i connect my soundcard (interface). Not when i start up the mac or anything, just when i connect the sound card. (the soundcard does not have its own power source but note that this has never happened before and i have had this soundcard for about a year!)
It deactivates so i cannot use it.
I have tried:
Connecting the soundcard to my mothers mac -> it worked!
Connecting an external harddrive to my mac -> it worked!
so basically, i can't be the soundcard or the cable and it cannot be the mac USB port?
I don't know what to do! i really need this to work! anyone got an idea??

Hi, ryankeenanrk.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I would recommend trying the steps in both articles below and test the results.
OS X Mountain Lion: Reset your computer’s PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph11243
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Cheers,
Jason H.

Yosemite OS is consuming too much internet data in the background

Yosemite OS is consuming too much internet data in the background for no apparent reason. It's draining my monthly internet quota. It's important to note that iCloud Drive and photo stream are disabled. Anyone knows how to sove this problem? Otherwise, if there's no solution I think I'll downgrade to Mavericks.

I'm wondering if you ever resolved this issue. My internet access is via satellite with highly allocated data usage. Ever since updating to Yosemite, my usage has gone through the roof. I've disable automatic downloads and any settings (including iCloud photo stream) that might receive or send data, plus I never use Spotlight. Data usage goes to zero when I shut off WiFi, so it seems obvious that something running in the background is the culprit. Apple is looking into this, with no results so far - meanwhile, I've lost hours of time playing detective, and hoping my ISP won't cut me off. No fun!
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