Video too Bright!?!?

Copy of dkrauts post in other forum.
I have the K7N420 Pro(MS-6373) and I've tried several different monitors but no matter what I do the brightness is way too high! I've applied the latest drivers and even tried the software controls in Windows Video properties. I have to adjust the brightness to 0 and the contrast to 100 to make the picture tolerable but even then I get a washed out gray instead of pure black. Even when my montor goes into power save mode, I still get a gray screen instead of black. It seems like the video circuitry is overdriving the brightness. Is this a known problem with the integrated video chipset? any fix?
Thanks! Dave

Copy of my last post.
Well, I have got some solutions of sorts.
I found out most of the following by doing some lengthy seaches through this forum, and putting two and two together etc. :O
Some who are more experienced will probably say, yeah I knew that!
Well anyhow, hope this contributes in some way...........
The more obvious Tab in the Display settings which is greyed out and inaccessible is in fact a separate set of settings for a clone Monitor, and this would be active if the clone Monitor was set up (I have faith in this given the other postings about this matter).
The settings you really NEED are much more difficult to find.
You need to do Display Properties > Settings > Advanced Properties > (a few more stages) > nView > Device Settings.......and FINALLY select Colour Correction from a little pop up menu.
Bingo!, there is Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Vibrance etc.
HOWEVER, I still have a problem.
1. I have used the "secret" nView Tab above to get the Brightness down, and did a Save As a particular filename.
2. If I then use "E-Color" or "Natural Color" which came bundled with the MX420, it causes nView to eject the saved settings (goes back to Hardware default) when I complete my gamma set-up etc.
3. The nView file is also ejected (goes back to Hardware default) each time you reboot.
This is a pain, but putting nViewTweak on the Taskbar makes it quicker to reload your file.
4. I have gotten over this problem in the meantime by NOT using "E-Color" or "Natural Color" but I am fussy, and WANT to do a proper Blackpoint/Gamma/etc set-up. It would appear that the nView software expects you only to use ONE means of setting up, but I want to be able to do a proper Blackpoint/Gamma/etc set-up ON TOP of settings already saved in nView. Please note that the essence of the problem is that without the "help" of nView Brightness reduction, I CANNOT achieve "BLACK" to start with.
QUESTION: How can I get my Color Profile to work IN CONJUNCTION with nView???
If, by definition, creation of a custom Color Profile always resets the nView settings, then this is a serious shortcoming.
I don't want to have to do a workaround that involves tinkering with the Hardware Default levels if I don't have to.

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