Why are the colours all wrong?
This is a reasonably common fault that you will come across from time to time. The customer will call & say “I’m trying to project my laptop and all of the colours are wrong or wierd”. The most common cause of this is a simple cable fault. When using a composite video output, the red green and blue signals are sent seperately. If one or more of the pins on your VGA cable become bent or broken, your picture will lose a colour or two.
First, make sure that the cable is actually plugged in properly and isn’t half hanging out. If the cable is in properly, carefully unplug it and inspect the pins for bent or broken ones. Most times it is very hard to bend a pin back into position once it’s been damaged and it will usually break when you try. The only fix for this problem is to replace the cable completely. Once again, have a backup!
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