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.

    Dell Studio XPS 1640 - Win7 & webcam issue

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sweabs, Nov 7, 2009.

  1. sweabs

    sweabs Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi there,

    I hope this is the correct forum. I apologize in advance if I'm posting in the wrong spot or if this issue has already been addressed. However, I have searched the forum and other spots on the internet and have had no luck with this issue.

    I recently upgraded my Studio XPS 1640 to Windows 7. Everything seems to be working fine, except for my webcam. If I look at the device manager, it lists 4 highlighted areas as problematic under 'other devices":

    1) Base system device
    2) Base system device
    3) Base system device
    4) Unknown device

    This laptop came preloaded with some webcam software that I no longer have. I don't really need the software per se - just access to my webcam.

    Any ideas on how to get these device problems working?

    Thanks in advance,
    sweabs
     
    sweabs, Nov 7, 2009
    #1
  2. Casual864

    Casual864 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    111
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Windows update and the last unknown device should be ricoh card reader or something you can find it at dell.com under the driver support page.
     
    Casual864, Nov 8, 2009
    #2
  3. sweabs

    sweabs Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Dude - thanks. Really appreciate it - no more exclamation marks!
     
    sweabs, Nov 8, 2009
    #3