Aspire 5672 orbicam and USB ports out

I'm running an Acer Aspire 5672 WLMI. Recently i upgraded my RAM and hard drive, obviously having to reinstall the OS and driver's etc. Since i made the change, i haven't been able to get the Orbicam or usb ports on the left side of my computer to work. Luckily there are still 2 ports on the right side that work fine, and the entire rest of the computer is great, but i'd like these things to work (especially the camera). I've re-installed everything 3 times at this point with no luck. The drivers are installed and in programs the camera is listed as an optional webcam. The first time i reformatted i got and error message that said camera is currently in use and cannot be accessed. It would ding on and off repeatedly until i rebooted the computer. Currently what the camera does is basically nothing. It's detected, but when pulled up in a program (such as gmail or acer software) it's simply black. I am wondering if i maybe jostled something inside and it's disconnected or if this is a software issue. Anyone run into anything like this or have some kind of advice?

thanks

 

bump, help please

 

if i remember correctly the as5670 uses a 1.3 megapixel logitech camera. you should be able to download and install the driver and software from any acer website. however, when it connects and disconnects constantly it is usually a sign of a bad camera

also, kinda vague but the usb ports on the left are a separate board connected by a flat flex cable to the mainboard. the cable sits above the hdd and can sometimes come loose.

perhaps, during the course of your hdd upgrade, you might have loosened this cable.

 

Take a look at the "How to Guide for Acer 5672" that JohnnyT setup. I remember having problems with my camera untill I install the drivers in the order that he suggest. Hope this helps.