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    M1530 Webcam causes BSOD

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ascitiesburn69, Jan 19, 2010.

  1. ascitiesburn69

    ascitiesburn69 Newbie

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    So I've been having this m1530 since xmas of '08 and this problem has occurred since day 1. Basically, I bought this xps m1530 from the dell outlet and have loved it except for this d*** webcam. Originally had vista 32bit on it. Just upgraded to Win7 a couple days ago(loving it BTW), thinking it may solve it but nope. Everytime I try to start the webcam it sends my comp into a BSOD and then it restarts and functions as if nothing happened. No matter if I try using it through the webcam center, or on a video chatroom. I'm thinking it has to be driver related but I'm not sure.
    Hopefully someone can help me out :D
    Thanks a lot.
     
    ascitiesburn69, Jan 19, 2010
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    blazom Notebook Consultant

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    maybe u should try clean install of W7.

    it can be the driver issue.

    BTW I had the same problem once with DVDdrive. I inserted cd and the system fall down, but after reboot everything was fine..maybe W7 issue
     
    blazom, Jan 19, 2010
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    ascitiesburn69 Newbie

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    I just did a clean install of W7. It had the same problem with vista 32bit as well though.
     
    ascitiesburn69, Jan 19, 2010
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    Anyone got any ideas?
     
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    blazom Notebook Consultant

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    try different driver !?
     
    blazom, Jan 20, 2010
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    Thats the problem. I've looked everywhere including the Creative Labs site in search of different drivers but I can't seem to find any.
     
    ascitiesburn69, Jan 20, 2010
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    hmm. I think that the latest driver is from Microsoft (I mean from win update).
    I have 1.3.2.719 version..

    And u can find some drivers on dell web, but u have to seek for it another products download page...
     
    blazom, Jan 21, 2010
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