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    acer 5101 orbicam problems.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mikbish, Sep 21, 2008.

  1. mikbish

    mikbish Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just taken ownership of a 2nd hand 5101. looks like it has been reset back to factory settings but the built in orbicam doesn't seem to work properly !
    I have tried reading various posts, I have tried to install both the bison and logitech drivers , but all I get is a greyed out screen no matter what I am using ...msn messenger, orbicam software, etc ...

    going through the hardware check etc , it says all ok with cam ??? :confused:

    I am running XP on it !

    Any further ideas ? or has someone finally found the cure to what looks like a 'common' fault with this ...
     
    mikbish, Sep 21, 2008
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    mikbish Notebook Enthusiast

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    the hardware says it is a bison cam ! I have loaded bison driver , still no joy !!The viewer is greyed out when viewing in either mesenger or any other utility programme !All is ok " this device is working properly " when hardware, software, driver checks ??
     
    mikbish, Sep 22, 2008
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    hoggie old boy

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    does the LED flash when you start msn ?
    do you get any error messages when you try and use the cam.?
     
    hoggie, Sep 22, 2008
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    its working !!!

    I uninstalled the software and hardware ( usb2.0 cam ) and installed another bison driver ! then reinstalled cam hardware , which then found the driver fom the previous bison driver intall !

    I had tried various combinations of installing, different drivers ( bison x3 , logitech, usb 2.0 ) and combinations ..but the above seemed to do the trick .

    one that worked for me was the bison ccd_5_0_0_10f driver ,

    now works on msn and photo/cam wizard etc
     
    mikbish, Sep 23, 2008
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