Pavilion Webcam

I am having some problems with my Pavilion built-in Webcam. Notebook: DV6971US, OS: Windows Vista

-When i run YouCam, the system displays a message that No video device detected.
-Imaging Devices is not listed in the Device Manager.
-There is an unknown device under the USB controllers from the Device Manager.

I contacted an online technician and i have tried:
-Updating the BIOS ( ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39001-39500/sp39158.exe)
-Updating Intel Chipset Installation Utility for ICH8 ( ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36001-36500/sp36491.exe). The second time i updated ICH8, the systems displays an error message that i don't have the minimum requirements
-Updating the Webcam drivers ( ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp34501-35000/sp34746.exe)
-Full recovery to factory settings.

None seems to work.

Any suggestions to fix the problem? Thanks in advance.

 

Hi

HP's webcam drivers are screwed up. Please use the following guide to fix it:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=149463

Make sure you follow it step by step.

 

Thanks flipfire, but the chilcony webcam drivers didn't worked for me. I send it back for repair.

 

if you are using usb hub, don't plug it untill computer is fully rebooted.
usb hub can interupt webcam somehow.