The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    do the hacked nV drivers kill the Acer Crystal Eye webcam?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by camvan, Feb 10, 2008.

  1. camvan

    camvan Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    12
    Messages:
    328
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I'm pretty sure that since I installed the latest cracked nV driver, my webcam doesn't like to work. it works if I run any IM setup software, but soon as I try to use it, that software locks up. bugs me.... :confused:
     
    camvan, Feb 10, 2008
    #1
  2. 7o9

    7o9 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    There's nothing 'hacked' or 'cracked' about those drivers. The only thing that's changed is the file that recognizes which cards are supported by the driver.

    I strongly doubt any nVidia drivers will cause your webcam to break. Perhaps try a newer/different driver for the webcam ?
     
    7o9, Feb 11, 2008
    #2
  3. Discrucio Anima

    Discrucio Anima Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    34
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I had the same problem and I tried different versions of the Acer Crystal Eye driver. Turns out that the latest SP1 driver from Acer Europe support site worked for mine. All smooth and no lags.

    PS: Mine's a Suyin and the driver with the filename CCD_Suyin_v.5.8.31.500_Vista_SP1.zip worked.
     
    Discrucio Anima, Apr 21, 2008
    #3