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    NP5792 Webcam Help!!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by christianpma, Jan 8, 2008.

  1. christianpma

    christianpma Notebook Geek

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    Hey, I made a thread about this last night, but thought I had fixed the problem when I downloaded the drivers from sagernotebook.com again.. unfortunately, it didn't work, and when I try and start VideoView, i get a message that says "Sorry, you have no D-MAX video capture hardware" as opposed to the video feed from my cam that I used to get.

    I can't fathom how this happened.. I might have installed a Logitech suite for my wireless mouse that included some webcam stuff, and then uninstalled it later.. don't see howthat could have caused this though.

    Re-installing the drivers don't work, and the camera is mentioned nowhere in my device manager from what I can see. Does not show up on MSN / Skype either.

    Can someone help me out?!
     
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    Boogieman117 Notebook Consultant

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    Can you post a picture of your Device Manager?

    It sounds like the webcam drivers are confused... it should be picking up as a BisonCam (from a 5791, but should be the same)
     
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    christianpma Notebook Geek

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    where in the device manager should it be?
     
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    It should be under Imaging Devices.
     
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    christianpma Notebook Geek

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    hm. can't connect my laptop to the net right now, as i dont have wireless and only one network cable. but there is no imaging devices tab in my device manager at all... will try re-installing logitech suite.
     
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    christianpma Notebook Geek

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    hm. that didnt work either.
    here is my device manager:
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    man, this is annoying! thanks so much for trying to help. :)

    ps. using vista 64 bit.
     
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    christianpma Notebook Geek

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    would it help if i re-installed the chipset drivers? would that have any negative affects?
     
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    Truth be told, I don't have a Vista machine, so I can't really help much from here. I'd suggest calling your re-seller and asking for some personal tech support. Where did you get your machine from?
     
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    HAHA! GLORY! SUCCESS!
    thank you so much for your help. i figured it out by reading some posts on the xoticpc forums about this problem for NP5791's and XP - apparently, the option to turn on and off the camera, Fn + F10, is not marked on the actual keyboard.. but thats what the problem was. must have done it inadvertently. problem solved!
     
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    Glad you were able to figure it out! :)
     
    Boogieman117, Jan 8, 2008
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