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    Sony PCG-TR3A "Motion Eye" issue

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Riceloft, Apr 25, 2007.

  1. Riceloft

    Riceloft Newbie

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    I just performed a system recovery to put the system back to "from the factory" status. It has Windows XP Home Edition. I installed SP2 and all updates (excluding IE 7).

    The camera is not working. Nothing is obstructing it. The built in utility only takes pure white stills and video captures. Drivers are installed, and I reinstalled them with what Sony had on their site. The camera was working perfectly just yesterday before the restore.
     
    Riceloft, Apr 25, 2007
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  2. sylonien

    sylonien Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't quite get it - "takes white stills"? Do you mean just a blank screen then?
     
    sylonien, Apr 25, 2007
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  3. hjluvjj

    hjluvjj Notebook Guru

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    It's possible that CCD of the camera has gone bad. I had the exact same problem with my TR3. Since it's quite expensive to replace the camera, I would recommend to get the external webcam.
     
    hjluvjj, Apr 26, 2007
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  4. merlinwang

    merlinwang Notebook Enthusiast

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    Did you figure it out?
    Is this software problem?
     
    merlinwang, Sep 8, 2007
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