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    Z96j camera problems

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Coffeedrinka3000, Jul 31, 2006.

  1. Coffeedrinka3000

    Coffeedrinka3000 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey everyone, I just bought a Z96j and it is totally awesome, except for one thing. The built-in camera doesnt seem to work, when I go to the camera option , it just shows a gray little box, instead of what the camera is seeing. is there any way to fix this?
     
    Coffeedrinka3000, Jul 31, 2006
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    Have the drivers been installed?

    If it has been already, try reupdating the drivers. It should work without any real problems, since its plug and play(not even rather, its just there :))
     
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    Are you sure no other program is using the camera?
     
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    nope, the camera isnt being used by any other program, since I dont have any other programs on this computer that would be using it. coriolis, I'll try the reupdating drivers, but how do you update drivers, do you mean uninstalling it and reinstalling it?
     
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  6. JPZ

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    Put the driver cd in your computer. Then browse the CD and go to the camera folder. Run the batch file. Then run "videoview" to record videos, and I believe there is another one that allows you to take pictures.
     
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    9999, the link doesnt work, did you put it down wrong? and JPZ, I went to the CD, but what do you mean by run batch file? there are the two folders and the driver install icon. I did run videoview, but it was just a black screen
     
    Coffeedrinka3000, Jul 31, 2006
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    Do you know what a batch file is? Uninstall anything camera related you have at the moment. Then run the batch file.** After that, run videoview or the other thing.

    If you still can't find it, let me know and I will pop in the CD and look for it so I can give you detailed instructions for finding it. It will end in a .bat extension.
     
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    open the driver cd. Browse to the camera folder. Install using the exe file.
     
    Geared2play.com, Jul 31, 2006
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    ok, that got it, thanks
     
    Coffeedrinka3000, Aug 1, 2006
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