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    M17 Web Cam driver

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Silarous, Feb 15, 2009.

  1. Silarous

    Silarous Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone know where I can get the driver for the web cam? Can't seem to find it on Alienwares web site.
     
    Silarous, Feb 15, 2009
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  2. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Heh. I need it too. I'll have a look around.
     
    TurbodTalon, Feb 15, 2009
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  4. Silarous

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    So we should just use the generic microsoft driver?
     
    Silarous, Feb 15, 2009
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    that what im doing and its fine
     
    zfactor, Feb 15, 2009
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    Yamato Notebook Geek

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    Do you know that this lack of an AW driver for the webcam is the responsible of the crash issue in Alien Fusion for Vista 64?
     
    Yamato, Feb 15, 2009
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  7. Silarous

    Silarous Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not a fan of using a generic anything. It's always nice to have the appropriate drivers for all your hardware to make sure you get full, trouble free functionality. This is something simple that Alienware should provide for a high priced notebook.
     
    Silarous, Feb 15, 2009
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    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    are you experiencing problems with the vista driver for the camera?
     
    whizzo, Feb 15, 2009
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  9. Silarous

    Silarous Notebook Consultant

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    Nothing other than windows update recognizing it as a different camera and wanting to install the wrong driver. When updating to this driver, the web cam no longer functions. That's why I was wondering if there was a official driver out there.
     
    Silarous, Feb 15, 2009
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    Yeah..I did..just remind everyone, dont use the driver in the Windows update. It will make your camera disappeared...
     
    panyihan, Feb 15, 2009
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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    zfactor, Feb 15, 2009
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