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152 Webcam is not working
The webcam has never worked on this laptop for a while, and I did get it going for a while. However, the camera has since died again, and has been dead for a few months - I just didn’t want to deal with it at the time.
So far, here’s what I tried:
* Reset the BIOS back to defaults - no changes.
* Swapped the camera (KG used) - no change, did not swap the cable.
* Reset the BIOS again with a new camera - again, no change.
* Checked the port security settings - no issues found, and the BIOS reset fixed anything that may have been wrong.
* Pulled the CMOS battery to fix a black screen/fan at full speed issue - unintended 3rd BIOS reset, with no change.
Short of replacing the cable and webcam into a “known good” shell I can move my screen to, is there anything else I can try? READ: This laptop is in maintenance mode due to the 6th gen processor. I will not buy new parts that I do not have in stock, as this means the machine is being retired in a few years but still works.
@jayeff it doesn’t let me choose. There may be an issue with the cable/camera or motherboard. To quickly rule out the motherboard I’m swapping it all.
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Nobody has any $0 ideas? Option B if the lid doesn't help is to retire this notebook, move the SSD again and notate it as a nightmare which means I will not try in light of the Win10 2025 expiration.
I'm willing to try, but on the other hand my HW transition takes precedent, for now. I also need to handle a HW transition on the family side. I'm not going to abandon this machine, even when I migrate the data - it'll become a "BS" machine that if I break it, so be it.
Nick 의
@nick
Have you tried to manually update the drivers for the webcam by going to Device Manager > right click on "Unknown USB Device > Update drivers >Browse my computer for drivers > Let me pick a list of available drivers > and hopefully there will be one for a "USB controller" listed.
Not a "webcam" because looking at a schematic for the motherboard it shows a "USB camera" connection (2 wires) in the 40 wire video cable connector
jayeff 의
@jayeff Yes and no. No I didn't manually search but I tried.
Nick 의
Remove cmos battery for 1 min and remove display connecter in M/B and plug again :)
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