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    Bison cam not working

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Pmode, Feb 24, 2009.

  1. Pmode

    Pmode Notebook Consultant

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    after i upgraded to windows 7 32bit my bison cam seems to not work anymore, is there a way i can fix this, because anything that requires the use of my bison cam says that theres no power going to it. i think its a drivers issue but im not sure.
     
  2. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Did you try downloading the drivers for it?
     
  3. link1313

    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yea mine doesnt work either.
     
  4. Kipp73

    Kipp73 Notebook Enthusiast

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    mine kinda worked up until i had to reinstal vista a while back. now, it will reluctantly work, but it wont integrate to anything (msn etc). I can use it as a digital mirror, but not for anything practical.
     
  5. Hagen Nordheim

    Hagen Nordheim Notebook Guru

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    Mine doesn't work either, i've been having this problem for months now. The BisonCam screen remains white (but it says everything is working fine).
     
  6. Pmode

    Pmode Notebook Consultant

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    mine used to work on vista, when everything was installed by the factory, but after reinstalling windows 7 and not dual booting it just stopped working, drivers were installed when it was vista, but wen i upgraded onto windows 7. it says i did not "turn on my my bison cam" i still think its a driver problem, and i think so because wen put in my drivers disk it says its not compatible with this OS.
     
  7. Hagen Nordheim

    Hagen Nordheim Notebook Guru

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    Looks like lots of people are having problems with BisonCam drivers, they should update them.
     
  8. The Biles

    The Biles Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you turn the camera on? I think the command is Fn+F10.
     
  9. meegulthwarp

    meegulthwarp Notebook Consultant

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    Mine works fine in Win7, i'll let you know what driver I'm using when I get back home. I'm using 32-bit though, there might be issues with the 64-bit version.

    Make sure it is on when you install the drivers, the ON command is FN+F10.
     
  10. Pmode

    Pmode Notebook Consultant

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    hey meegulth what drivers are you using? im just using the ones given to me when i bought my m860tu
     
  11. meegulthwarp

    meegulthwarp Notebook Consultant

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    Windows says driver version 6.32.710.3, not exactly sure if that is correct but they are the stock drivers that came with the M860TU.
     
  12. Hagen Nordheim

    Hagen Nordheim Notebook Guru

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    Is there any solution yet? I just installed Windows 7 x64 and the BisonCam screen remains white.
     
  13. jiuzhege

    jiuzhege Notebook Geek

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    8662 win7 works fine。。。。

    also I would like to say it is a stupid cam......
     
  14. z0rg

    z0rg Newbie

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    On my D900F the same, BisonCam screen is white. (Windows 7 x64, all driver versions: old and 6.64.2728.4)
     
  15. Umberto V.

    Umberto V. Notebook Consultant

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    I had the same problem. Eventually i found a driver that worked on the Clevo website, but it was meant for another notebook.

    I have it but i can't post it here. it says file too large..
     
  16. Hagen Nordheim

    Hagen Nordheim Notebook Guru

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    Can you post the link please?
     
  17. Umberto V.

    Umberto V. Notebook Consultant

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    Hagen Nordheim Notebook Guru

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    NP. can anyone else with the same problem that has switched to this driver confirm the problem's been solved?
     
  20. z0rg

    z0rg Newbie

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    unfortunately it does not work with my D900F, it is the same driver i have already installed (6.64.2728.04) :(
     
  21. Umberto V.

    Umberto V. Notebook Consultant

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    Check whether you have the 2MP camera or the 3MP camera.

    Both Windows 7 drivers appear to be on Clevo's site for download under E-services > download > D900F > ALL
     
  22. z0rg

    z0rg Newbie

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    ok i have found it: http://www.clevo.com.tw/en/e-services/download/ftpOut.asp?Lmodel=D900F&ltype=9&submit=+GO+
    Where is the difference?! Strange :confused:
    Both v6.64.2728.04 again....

    Code:
    MD5sum: Bison2M_W7.zip:
    2985a79020ec96afc2d1c8ab318b866f *_Setup.dll
    2c041728167859e8c1e525c0539d4055 *data1.cab
    2220ce9dce3627bf136e2e682fba0ef9 *data1.hdr
    58d61d0281e7afb2865b8efe9d8325ed *data2.cab
    a06ed9fcd8f114e270aa64c46063d8c3 *ISSetup.dll
    25c6c5c4d38e3a7a4beaeeb272e4d720 *layout.bin
    161e4bc7150b47eb452644a57a30f406 *OEM.ini
    08aae0c93b174e33fd2a8e1bc5c2318f *Release note.txt
    245b4ff701e56180225630f69cd3e932 *setup.exe
    2468a3340386bb777e6d3ef40369bab4 *setup.ini
    5d5cfa24d0bf1d2f75a04d3ce41f3f05 *setup.inx
    b8fcdcfbb0eee129a59c9ae2debbda37 *setup.iss
    aa1d5c2a6f0cbe0157e75549e21bf257 *SilentInstall.bat
    
    MD5sum: Bison3M_W7.zip:
    2985a79020ec96afc2d1c8ab318b866f *_Setup.dll
    2c041728167859e8c1e525c0539d4055 *data1.cab
    2220ce9dce3627bf136e2e682fba0ef9 *data1.hdr
    58d61d0281e7afb2865b8efe9d8325ed *data2.cab
    a06ed9fcd8f114e270aa64c46063d8c3 *ISSetup.dll
    25c6c5c4d38e3a7a4beaeeb272e4d720 *layout.bin
    161e4bc7150b47eb452644a57a30f406 *OEM.ini
    08aae0c93b174e33fd2a8e1bc5c2318f *Release note.txt
    245b4ff701e56180225630f69cd3e932 *setup.exe
    2468a3340386bb777e6d3ef40369bab4 *setup.ini
    5d5cfa24d0bf1d2f75a04d3ce41f3f05 *setup.inx
    b8fcdcfbb0eee129a59c9ae2debbda37 *setup.iss
    aa1d5c2a6f0cbe0157e75549e21bf257 *SilentInstall.bat
    And for Umberto's link on the previous page the same...
     
  23. Umberto V.

    Umberto V. Notebook Consultant

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    the release note does specify compatibility for win7. Although (if you'll forgive my use of the term) I'm no 'techie' so i didn't make much sense of it. What do you make of the explanation in the release note z0rg?
     
  24. horis

    horis Notebook Enthusiast

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    Have the same problem, Ive just upgraded to Win 7 from Vista, everything works except bisoncam so far, please can anyone tell me how to fix this ?

    Dunno why i upgraded now, just so annoying, didnt the dvd say, " welcome to your pc simplified !" Strange seems much more damn annoying so far !
     
  25. horis

    horis Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just installed the zip driver for Bisoncam in the above post, it worked like a charm, thank you very much all for saving some of my hair ! :)

    Tip : If your just having problems with Bisoncam like me, dont install all of them just get the 3mp driver update and install it. Job done. Thanks very much to all in thread.

    H.
     
  26. Milo.V

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    I tried all versions of drivers and my bisoncam still dont work... :(
     
  27. Milo.V

    Milo.V Notebook Enthusiast

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    problem solved with:
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}]
    "UpperFilters"="ksthunk"