Inverted colours (in negative)

[Guest]

Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place but thought I'd give it a
shot. Running out of things to try.

The colours on my laptop have suddenly began appearing in negative (inverted
colours). I have tried searching for a solution but can only seem to invert
the colours on the magnifier program. Incidentaly this makes the magnified
section perfect. Does anyone have any ideas to convert the colours back to
original. No idea how it even happened?!? It's impossible to see the screen
in daylight now!!

Cheers for any suggestions

 

[Malke]

Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place but thought I'd give it a
shot. Running out of things to try.

The colours on my laptop have suddenly began appearing in negative (inverted
colours). I have tried searching for a solution but can only seem to invert
the colours on the magnifier program. Incidentaly this makes the magnified
section perfect. Does anyone have any ideas to convert the colours back to
original. No idea how it even happened?!? It's impossible to see the screen
in daylight now!!

Cheers for any suggestions

Go to Control Panel>Accessibility Options and uncheck everything. If
that fixes it, great. If not, come back.


Malke

 

[Guest]

No change unfortunately - they were all unchecked already. Could it be an
internal problem perhaps?

 

[Malke]

No change unfortunately - they were all unchecked already. Could it be an
internal problem perhaps?

It could be a hardware problem with the video chip. Usually the way I
test this sort of thing on laptop (where you can't just swap out the
video card for a known-working one) is to boot with a rescue cd using a
different operating system, like Knoppix. Knoppix is a Linux distro that
runs from cd. You need a fast Internet connection to get it from
www.knoppix.net and third-party burning software to burn the .iso. Then
just boot with the cd you made. If the colors are wonky under Knoppix,
then you know for sure the hardware is at fault.

Other suggestions:

1. Since this is a sudden change, do a System Restore to when things
worked in case this is a software setting.
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
"Restore my computer to an earlier time"

2. Many OEM machines have their own hardware diagnostic programs on the
hard drive. If you have one of these machines (like a Dell), run their
diagnostic utility and see what it shows.

3. And of course, ask yourself The First Question Of Troubleshooting:
what changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't?


Malke