built in webcam issues

hi, i hope someone can help me. I have a hp pavilion dv2000 with a built in chicony 1.3mp webcam. problem is, some days it's recognized as plugged in, other days, nothing. i have no idea why. is there something i can do or should i bring it in to be fixed?

 

I bet your running Windows Live Messenger. Stop Windows Live Messenger from booting on startup and don't run the program. I had the same problem. The cam works fine as long as Windows Live Messenger isn't running. It's too bad because I like that program. An external web cam works fine with Windows Live Messenger, just not the internal HP cam.

 

i've had the webcam working with windows live messenger

 

It works with Windows Live Messenger mostly, but that is the program that causes the problems. When you sometimes stop Windows live messenger and or start a different Webcam program after using Windows Live Messenger, then sometimes the webcam can't be found again unless you restart your computer. If you don't believe me, just stop using Windows Live Messenger for a while and use Yahoo messenger and quickplay. I bet you will have no more webcam can't be found errors. You must disable Windows Live Messenger from starting up automatically on Windows booting up for the webcam to always work.

 

i have the exact same problem. my laptops the dv
9408, n after turning on my webcam through quickplay once,
it doenst work again. and also, when i go on msn or yahoo, it doesnt
work. if u noe how to fix this, can u please email me?

 

Which bios version you're using? I had that problem haunting me until I upgrade to F.27 (not a bad BIOS at all).

 

I'm facing a similar problem with the inbuilt 1.3MP webcam. Driver updates and BIOS updates haven't helped. ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=138977)

Are you in XP or Vista?

I have an HP Pavilion dv6137tx (dv6000t series) notebook.

 

same problem as above ever since i updated to vista
my pavillion dv6095ea has got everyupdate on it bios n all

can get it back by uninstalling the driver and rebooting but its not really that hot
if i wanted a laptop without a cam i woulda bought one


ya i use live messenger as mentioned but it does the samee trick with camfrog and skype,
n wot else is there to do witha webcam if it wont work with these progs?

 

hi! i need a help too! i having dv2000 with windows xp! oneday, i encountered an hijackers (securitytoolbar 7.1) with my notebook so, i downloaded a spyware to get rid of it! afterwards, i found out that my built in webcam is not working! and if im going to used my hp solution center it stated that no hp devices have been detected!

i dont know what do now cause i tried to removed and re install the things but still it doesnt make sense at all!

 

Guys, just do what this thread says! Works 100%!
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=149463

 

Yes, that thread works. And it's probably the first SEARCH result.

 

Doesn't work for me and my 9500t.

 

Eallan, check the end of the thread. There's a new webcam driver that HP has released, but not announced.

 

Thank you, that certainly did the trick (so far).

I really don't think i'm happy with HP...

 

Knew it was coming:

http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=camerrorpk5.jpg


So damn tired of seeing this. Piece of crap computer.

 

hi! still i have my webcam problem!
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=149463

it didnt work with my notebook dv2000 with windows xp!

please! i need help!