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    Webcam problem.... please help.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mi3x, Jul 18, 2008.

  1. mi3x

    mi3x Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, I am having a nasty problem. My webcam has dissapeared. It worked just fine with the xp home at first, then I installed my nlite xp pro, and now I have no cam.

    I update the firmware, when I press fn f6 it shows as on/off but the led is never lit. I even went to control panel in scanners and cameras, but it's blank. When I try to add an imaging device, I point to the driver's folder it's says it has no hardware for it.

    In device manager, there is no yellow !, so everything seems to be installed. Nonetheless, there's no Camera section in there. Before when I opened up my computer it would show an USB camera icon or something like this. Now it's gone. Any help please?? Im running latest bios version, the cam it's not disabled from there.

    My laptop is a MSI Wind.

    LE: NVM, solved!
     
    mi3x, Jul 18, 2008
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  2. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    with nLite it's a matter of trail and error.
    1- removing 'Cameras and Camacorders' from the Drivers option in nLite is fine as long as you have the driver for the webcam.

    2- in the 'Hardware section' I think you should keep the support for 'USB Video capture devices'

    Let me now if this help as I'm trying to create the smallest version of XP without losing the essentials. My lightest version is about 155MB for the installation file and it takes a bit less than 500MB in the hard drive
     
    naton, Jul 18, 2008
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  3. plsdonotbug

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    How did you solve the problem?
     
    plsdonotbug, Oct 1, 2008
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  4. plsdonotbug

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    Pressing Fn+F6 used to do nothing on my Wind. The webcam was not listed on USB bus.
    Today I tried it again and it works. Strange.
     
    plsdonotbug, Oct 3, 2008
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