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| From | BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.laptops |
| Subject | Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) |
| Date | 2011-07-02 05:34 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <iums85$p3p$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <Cass_2000.4vi6gd@no.email.invalid> <iti8v6$o15$1@dont-email.me> <Cass_2000.4vl2qy@no.email.invalid> <itq6eu$866$1@dont-email.me> |
Reposted for AJL...
On 6/21/2011 8:31 AM, BillW50 wrote:
> In news:Cass_2000.4vl2qy@no.email.invalid,
> Cass_2000 wrote:
>> BillW50;1295854 Wrote:
>>> In news:Cass_2000.4vi6gd@no.email.invalid,
>>> Cass_2000 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey there everyone, I'm having problems with my built in webcam. It
>>>> was working fine and then suddenly started playing up.
>>>> Sometimes the cam doesn't show up anywhere (ie my computer, device
>>>> manager etc) so I can't use it and then sometimes it appears again
>>>> and I get a message pop up at the bottom right saying "this usb
>>>> device can perform faster: asus webcam" and when that happens I can
>>>> use it. But not for long, the cam then disappears again and I get
>>>> another message show up saying "unknown usb device".
>>>> I've tried all sorts to fix this, tried updating drivers, tried
>>>> system restore, tried going into BIOS, tried uninstalling and
>>>> reinstalling etc. The only other option that has been suggested is
>>>> to reinstall windows but I don't want to do that really.
>>>> Can anyone at all help?????? It's driving me mad. My laptop is a
>>>> asus eee 1001ha pc, and OS is xp.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>>>
>>> Well I have a bunch of Asus EeePC 701 and 702 models. So mine are a
>>> bit different than yours. But I believe both of ours start all USB
>>> ports to USB v1.1 speeds at post. And since the webcam is useless at
>>> this speed, it is disabled in the BIOS at this point.
>>>
>>> Past post, It will be switched on and USB 2 speeds are returned. But
>>> if you have the BIOS Setup Utility having the OS Installation set to
>>> Start, it will not even set the USB ports to 2.0 speeds and the
>>> webcam will never work.
>>>
>>> That is the only thing I can think of, except webcams like optical
>>> drives don't tend to last very long if used on a daily bases. And one
>>> or two years under heavy use seems to be pretty normal. So I would
>>> consider this possibly too.
>>
>> Hi Bill, thank's for your reply.. I have to admit tho I don't really
>> understand much of what you said! I have been in the BIOS however as
>> someone suggested it might be disabled there but everything is
>> enabled. As for the 2.0 speed thing you mentioned... how do I get the
>> cam to work at that speed?! Sorry for being so thick.
>
> I don't know if the EEE 1001HA has the option in the BIOS that has OS
> Installation toggle or not. If it does, make sure the toggle is set to
> Finished. If it isn't, the webcam won't work correctly. I believe AJL
> has one of these. So maybe AJL might see this and let us know what his
> BIOS settings looks like.
--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3
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Webcam on PMT! Cass_2000 <Cass_2000.4vi6gd@no.email.invalid> - 2011-06-15 09:51 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-18 08:24 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! Cass_2000 <Cass_2000.4vl2qy@no.email.invalid> - 2011-06-18 15:43 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-21 08:31 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-02 05:34 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <36566678nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-02 11:05 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-02 18:00 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <85389nomail@nomail.com> - 2011-07-02 16:21 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <1245nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-02 16:28 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <1245nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-02 16:58 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-03 14:05 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <85389nomail@nomail.com> - 2011-07-03 22:49 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-04 11:25 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <85389nomail@nomail.com> - 2011-07-05 19:55 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <123467nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-06 19:35 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-09 04:49 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <128945nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-09 15:39 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-10 10:22 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-10 12:19 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <128945nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-10 14:17 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-10 17:59 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <128945nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-10 20:16 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2011-07-04 10:23 +0100
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-04 11:15 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2011-07-05 14:15 +0100
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-09 05:37 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-09 07:08 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2011-07-11 08:23 +0100
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2011-07-11 08:24 +0100
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