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    Upgraded to Vista Ultimate, devices don't work

    Discussion in 'HP' started by reiven, Dec 27, 2008.

  1. reiven

    reiven Newbie

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    Ok, so I just recently upgraded vista home premium to ultimate on my dv5t. The next time I used it after the upgrade, the cd drive wasn't working and neither was the webcam. I checked the device manager and as far as the cd drive goes, it said there was an error with the driver (code 39) but I cannot find a copy of the driver to replace the possibly corrupted one. The device is the TSSTcorp-CDDVDW TS-L633a. And concerning the webcam, device manager says its fine and working but when I try to use it with any webcam related program, they say they can't use it. Help please.
     
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  2. deeastman

    deeastman Notebook Deity

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    First, concerning the DVD drive. Try updating the drivers by using the "Browse my computer for driver software" and tell the program to look in c:\windows\system32 (and make sure Include subfolders is checked). If you still have a problem with the drivers after doing the above follow the instructions included in this Microsoft Document about deleting the Upper and Lower filters.
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461

    The driver the notebook in my sig uses for the webcam is as follows:
    c:\windows\system32\drivers\usbvideo.sys
    I would expect your notebook to use the same driver. Does your webcam work within QuickPlay or Cyberlink YouCam?
     
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