RPi Camera starts going white

[Lord_Heffe]

Hi, I bought a RPi Camera V2 from amazon yesterday and when I tested it today it started going white and then flashing colors like a disco party (rave starts 8 seconds in):

https://imgur.com/a/QK5VL22

All I did was record a video and convert it into .mp4:

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$ raspivid -o myvid.h264 -t 30000 -w 1280 -h 720 -b 8000000

$ MP4Box -fps 30 -add myvid.h264 myvid.mp4

The same thing is happening before I convert it to mp4 and with different resolutions and bitrates set. I've also tried every single exposure, AWB, and image effect mode but the result is the same.

Does anyone know whats happening? Thanks in advance

[trejan]

Check the tiny connector that connects the actual camera module to the PCB. I had one where it wasn't fully inserted and would do odd things like this. Be careful about static electricity as the camera module won't appreciate getting zapped.