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Webcam errors... by Steven on 09-23-2006 at 11:19 AM

Hi, im having a problem with my webcam and my other laptop. If im talking to a contact on wlm,(or msn as well) and they send me a invitation to view their webcam, or vise versa, as soon as I press accept, my screen goes really dark dark black, and if you turn the laptop you can slightly make out what your moniter is displaying, so it took me 10 minutes to fine the application msnmsg.exe (i think it was that) and to end it. After i do that the screen goes back to normal. I will tell you what webcam it is, and any more info you wish, as soon as my sister wakes up and I can get into her room. :P

RE: Webcam errors... by mwe99 on 09-23-2006 at 12:50 PM

Have you tried your webcam on a different program such as Yahoo Mess or Skype to see if it is MSN or just the webcam...

RE: Webcam errors... by Steven on 09-23-2006 at 02:18 PM

I don't want to download skype on that computer, i just need it to work on wlm

RE: Webcam errors... by Lourix on 09-23-2006 at 03:16 PM

I know but you should try it on another program to see if it does the same thing.

RE: Webcam errors... by Steven on 09-24-2006 at 01:57 AM


Well my sister would kill me if i downloaded programs again on her computer. So i tried the webcam on this laptop, and it works fine.

Dont forget its also when i try to view the other contacts webcam.


EDIT::: im on it right now, i just tried sending my webcam, even with no webcam plugged in and the same thing occured.. :S

RE: Webcam errors... by Voldemort on 09-24-2006 at 03:19 AM

Then some software/ driver dodgy hardware causing errors :P

RE: Webcam errors... by albert on 09-24-2006 at 04:28 AM

I had this kind of problem once, not sure it was related to MSN/WLM though.

I contacted Compaq and apparently all that was needed was to flash the bios, (which did work btw.)

RE: Webcam errors... by rav0 on 09-24-2006 at 07:10 AM

I think that the dark screen could be your screen backlight turning off. Might be because of a BIOS flaw like alby said.

RE: RE: Webcam errors... by Steven on 09-24-2006 at 10:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by alby
I had this kind of problem once, not sure it was related to MSN/WLM though.

I contacted Compaq and apparently all that was needed was to flash the bios, (which did work btw.)

How do you flash the bios?
RE: RE: RE: Webcam errors... by wolfeboy100 on 09-25-2006 at 12:42 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Steven
quote:
Originally posted by alby
I had this kind of problem once, not sure it was related to MSN/WLM though.

I contacted Compaq and apparently all that was needed was to flash the bios, (which did work btw.)

How do you flash the bios?

what kind of motherboard do you have?
RE: Webcam errors... by Steven on 09-25-2006 at 09:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by wolfeboy100
what kind of motherboard do you have?


I have a Old origanal IBM thinkpad labtop. So im not sure.