Computer Recognizes iSight in System Profiler, but will not work

Question

So I have a black MacBook and everything works fine except for the built-in iSight. I have tried reseting my computer and even did a factory restore, but to no avail. When I checked the system profiler, it recognizes my iSight. Here is what it says under the USB Device Tree:
Built-in iSight:
Product ID: 0x8501
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 1.89
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Micron
Location ID: 0xfd400000
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 100
When I open iChat or PhotoBooth, the green camera comes on but it displays only black. Obviously the computer knows that I have an iSight camera, but it just will not work. Is there something I can do, or is my camera just broken? Please help me out.

Answer 1

jwellie wrote:
So I have a black MacBook and everything works fine except for the built-in iSight. I have tried reseting my computer and even did a factory restore, but to no avail. When I checked the system profiler, it recognizes my iSight. Here is what it says under the USB Device Tree:
Built-in iSight:
Product ID: 0x8501
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 1.89
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Micron
Location ID: 0xfd400000
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 100
When I open iChat or PhotoBooth, the green camera comes on but it displays only black. Obviously the computer knows that I have an iSight camera, but it just will not work. Is there something I can do, or is my camera just broken? Please help me out.
So Welcome to Discussions, jwellie
(0) Have you tried all relevant suggestions from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090 ? Did you test iChat and Photo Booth in a new test user account? If you need help creating a test account, see this article:
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8235.html
(1) You post that you "tried reseting my computer". If that means you doubt whether you properly reset your PMU (SMC) per this Apple article:
  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
print out the instructions appropriate to you model, study them carefully, and perform the reset again.
(2) Did you disconnect all AV devices (examples: eYeTV, iPods, scanners, etc.) before your tests? If you installed non-Apple software with any of those AV items, have you uninstalled the software IAW the supplier's instructions?
(3) When you did your "factory restore", did you zero (securely erase) your disk before installing the factory software? One zero write is sufficient to be certain there is nothing left on your startup disk that may be causing your problem. If you need help with the procedure, see:
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/11.5/en/7090.html
Zeroing the disk will take a long time (hours, depending on the size of your drive), so plan some time.
(4) After zeroing the disk and a "factory restore", did you test iChat and Photo Booth before you added any non-Apple software items? This test will assure that you have not added some third-party item that is causing your problem.
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
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