When trying to webcam on MSN or SKYPE it just doesn't say i have a webcam (occasionally it works for just a few minutes), the mic picks up sound but that's it! DOes anyone know if there is anything i can do about this? Thanks
It sounds like a defective webcam.
SOURCE: The Internal Mic In My Dell Inspiron 1525 Isnt Picking Up Sound??
You need to set the internal mic as the default input device. To check this Right click on the sound icon next to the time and select Recording properties. In the Recording properties right click on Arrey Microphone and select set as default. If this does not help. Uninstall and reinstall the sound drivers. To uninstall the sound drivers click on start and type DEVICE. Open device manager from the results and then look for sound devices. Click on the Plus sign next to Saound and audio devices. Right click on the SigmaTel entry there and select uninstall. Put a check on remove this driver from the computer. Once done restart the computer and go to support.dell.com and click on Drivers and Downloads. Enter your system service tag and download the Sigmatel audio drivers and install them. Check if the MIC works after the restart. If the Arrey microphone is set as the default and you have uninstalled and resinstalled the drivers and it does not work in MSN try recording with the Windows sound recorder and see if it works there. To open the sound recorder click on start and type SOUND. Open sound recorder from the results. Incase the mic does not record even in the recorder it could be bad or have a loose connection. If in warranty call/chat with the Dell technical support. If the warranty has expired consult a local computer guy.
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you need to uninstall all the drivers that the built in camera has in your computer... then try re installing the drivers back again... you should have the cd from the time you bought your laptop...
hope it helped you... tnx
SOURCE: Dell inspiron 1545 laptop and the same webcam problem.
open your my computer, click on "c" the system will tell you the information is hidden, click on the link and open up the operating system and look in the drivers or there in C and se if you can find you web cam driver, when you find it you might have to force the opening of the driver to install, and once you do that plug your web cam in and see if the system see's it and installs the drivers for the cam, if you installed the driver origanally witht he web cam installed you will have to remove the web cam and unistall the driver and re install it and then plug the web cam back in, and that should help correct the problem.
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you can have the webcam workin for only ne application at a point in time also check to see that you have activated the webcam access on the other applications and this time try with the windows firewall and other firewalls deactivated
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my camera in not workig after instaling webcam cd !!!!!11
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