The Nexys 2 board comes with a 4 digit 7-segment display. Ok so as
soon as I opened the packaging, I carefully powered on the board. The
preloaded board self test loaded and some digits on the 7-segment
started to flash, indicating that everything was okay. I immediately
noticed that segment c (bottom) right segment of each digit lit up
dimly when it was activated. All other segments worked fine. When the
segment turned off, it turns off as usual.

Each digit is connected to it's own common anode line. A logic 0 turns
on the digit via a PNP transistor. There are 4 digits and therefore 4
lines. Each segment has it's own line. So 8 lines for controlling the
segments, including decimal point. Since it takes only one line to
control each segment C, a possibility is that there is a pullup
resistor somewhere that is dimming segment C. Note that a logic 0
activates the segment. Another possibility is a faulty segment on each
of the digits. Or something else.

I've googled tirelessly for this issue and got no results. Help anyone?
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