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    bisoncam windows 7

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by tuga_usa, Apr 11, 2009.

  1. tuga_usa

    tuga_usa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey yall

    I need some help...

    i have a clevo m860tu and im using a dualboot system between windows 7 x64 and windows xp...

    the thing is.. whenever i need to use the webcam i have to boot into xp because in 7 the cam doesnt want to work.. that is, it works.. but only shows a black screen no image no matter what...

    does anyone have the same problem? or had and solved it?
     
    tuga_usa, Apr 11, 2009
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  2. d.rivera08

    d.rivera08 Notebook Evangelist

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    I had a similar problem with my friend's laptop a Sony Vaio VGN-CR31. He bought it used with a Chinese version of Vista. I partitioned the hard drive and dual booted Windows 7. I had to search through the Vista partition and I did some searching to find a folder that contained the "drivers". I copied that folder into the corresponding directory in the Windows 7 partition and the camera worked fine.

    Try looking in My Computer--Local Disk C (or whatever your XP partition is)--Clevo--Drivers.
     
    d.rivera08, Apr 12, 2009
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Hagen Nordheim Notebook Guru

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    I had exactly the same problem but in Windows Vista, I tried lots of things without any success, always got the black screen (and it didn't show any errors at all). The weird thing is I got desperate and formatted my lap and installed Windows 7, and now my Bisoncam seems to work fine.
     
    Hagen Nordheim, Apr 12, 2009
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    tuga_usa Notebook Enthusiast

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    thankx a lot for all the replies! the driver u suggest Gophn worked! finally no more restarting just to use the webcam :D
     
    tuga_usa, Apr 12, 2009
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    d.rivera08 Notebook Evangelist

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    :( I wish I were as awesome as Gophn haha. Congrats on fixing the problem!
     
    d.rivera08, Apr 12, 2009
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    Orion500 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I also need help finding drivers for my bisonCam , im using np5790 and windows 7 RC

    edit: also i tried the link from earlier in the thread. it did not work.
     
    Orion500, Sep 8, 2009
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  8. Soviet Sunrise

    Soviet Sunrise Notebook Prophet

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    Soviet Sunrise, Sep 8, 2009
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    I'm having a really hard time getting them to download, im guessing clevo can't handle their traffic
     
    Orion500, Sep 8, 2009
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  10. ski_power

    ski_power Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, well there the driverset for BisonCam I think its the Windows Vista 64 ones, but they have worked perfectly fine for me. I downloaded them off Sagers website. I run Win 7 Professional. I've done quite a few webcam chats and they all worked perfectly for me.
    I'd suggest that you give the Vista drivers a try.
     
    ski_power, Sep 8, 2009
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  11. Umberto V.

    Umberto V. Notebook Consultant

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    hey, having the same problem as tuga_usa, running win7 x64. tried Gophn's link and it didn't work. I don't think the vista x64 driver works either because i upgraded and it kept the same driver.
     
    Umberto V., Oct 28, 2009
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    Did you try Soviet's link? Those both work.
     
    BrandonSi, Oct 28, 2009
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  13. Umberto V.

    Umberto V. Notebook Consultant

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    I've tried but it's telling me the archives are damaged
     
    Umberto V., Oct 29, 2009
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