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    Aspire 5610 Orbicam Problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by fakeian, Jan 13, 2008.

  1. fakeian

    fakeian Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have an acer aspire 5610, running XP with the logitech version of the orbicam webcam built in.

    here is the issue - if i uninstall and re-install the relevant drivers from the acer site, the webcam works fine... however once i shut down and come to use the webcam the next time it does not work - in that all the software etc loads fine, windows says drivers work etc but there is just a blank screen... this happens on the orbicam software and others. to get it working again i have to uninstall and re-install again.

    the blank screen is just where the webcam image is supposed to be - not the whole laptop screen...

    i have tried removing everything from the photo's folder, logitech quickcam drivers etc, but to no avail.

    any ideas?
     
    fakeian, Jan 13, 2008
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    hoggie old boy

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    open MSCONFIG and stop the orbicam loading at start-up.
    i had the same problem with my cam using the bisonbar software.
    and stopping it running at start-up fixed it :)
     
    hoggie, Jan 13, 2008
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  3. fakeian

    fakeian Newbie

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    Hi Hoggie,

    Many thanks for the speedy reply.

    I'll give this a go tonight and let you know how i get on!

    Ian
     
    fakeian, Jan 14, 2008
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    i have this working but now the laptop keeps crashing with the error message saying lv321av.sys is causing it!
     
    fakeian, Mar 9, 2008
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