[NetfreakBombay]

Originally Posted by esteem_lover

it actually showed colour, but the picture was on and off and blurry and jumpy, so i yanked it off and pushed it back again and i got pure B/W after that.

Its certainly a connection error. Cable carries three things, Color, Timing Signals and Luminance. if its jumpy, then Timing is gone.

To fix, first try cleaning the port to remove corrosion, if that does not help then try a different cable.