Poll of the Day > Usually I'm good with computers, but not with laptops.

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I have a laptop that I hook up to a large TV. For some reason when I close the laptop it would make the tv
only show blues or be kinda blued out....just doesn't show reds etc very well.

I tried changing the invidia settings for color etc, and I even tried only having it show on the TV.

Still blues it out unless I have it display on the laptop screen as well.

Then everything shows up fine on the TV.

I did have it working before, but for some reason it just switched back today...to needing it to be on both
screens to get color on my TV.

Anyone have any experience with this?
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Have you tried turning it off and on again? =P

The only thing I can really think of that would do it is the video cable somehow dislodging slightly every time you close it but I'm sure you've already tried that. Maybe try a different cable.
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wolfy42 posted...

only show blues or be kinda blued out....just doesn't show reds etc very well.

if the screen literally looks cyan (green-blue), then the red part of the video signal is being broken, so the connection to the TV is broken or loose. check the cable at both ends, that it's secure, and that it doesn't have any bent pins.

reading your post more thoroughly, if it's not the cable, and doesn't seem like a physical issue, then I guess you have something screwy going on with the video drivers. I would try to update drivers and look around for anyone else having a similar issue with that kind of laptop.
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Sahuagin posted...

wolfy42 posted...

only show blues or be kinda blued out....just doesn't show reds etc very well.

if the screen literally looks cyan (green-blue), then the red part of the video signal is being broken, so the connection to the TV is broken or loose. check the cable at both ends, that it's secure, and that it doesn't have any bent pins.

Yep, that sounds like an RGB issue in cable connectivity.
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It sounds like something with the cables. Happens every once on a while at work.
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Thanks for the replies.

I wish it was the cables, but it's something in the software somewhere, since I can just change it to display on both, and the TV then shows all the colors.

It used to only happen if I closed the laptop, the TV would suddenly switch to the blue hued, no reds etc color setup. I could have it only use the TV, but the laptop still had to be open or it would lose the colors.

Now if I set it up to only use the TV, even if the laptop is open, it does the weird color thing.

For now, I'm just having it go to both screens, and it's working fine like that, but it feels like that is a waste.

Just seems strange and was wondering if anyone had ever seen/heard of this before. Yeah, I double checked cables, and of course I both restarted and turned off and on the laptop a few times. I checked the drivers, I messed with the invidia settings etc.

None of that seems to make a difference, it's some kind of mode the laptop goes in when you close it, but now it's having that effect even if the laptop is opened but you don't send a signal to it's screen.

Very strange. I'll mess with it more later, but just was curious if anyone had run into this before.
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