Absent iSight

hello,
i recently had my display replaced and after just a couple of days the iSight stopped working (not detected at all, actually). apps simply don't recognise there's one.
so on system profiler to try to locate it under 'usb' but there's none listed.
this is the isight included in the display panel on a macbook pro (3,3) purchased about a year ago.
is there anything i could do about this?
cheers.

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I recently set up a new external isight with my G4 desktop and 17" studio display. I have not yet tried to video conference; thus far I've only checked out the camera to be sure it works. I have no trouble getting an image within iChat 3.1.5, but the picture has blue vertical lines running through it. The lines are there both in bright room light and dim light. Beneath the lines, the image looks quite good.
I have tried all the obvious fixes: a different firewire port, different cable, etc. Didn't help.
I don't believe the camera's optics are at fault. I have Security Spy on the computer. If I control the camera through Security Spy, and set the camera's output to 640 x 480, the picture is clean with no blue lines. However, if I use Security Spy to set the camera's resolution to 320 x 240, the blue lines appear.
I know that isight is a VGA camera, so 640 x 480 is its native resolution. I think what may be happening is that somehow iChat is telling the camera to set its output at 320 x 240 instead of 640 x 480. I can't find any way to manually change the resolution of the camera from within iChat. (And I can't videoconference from within Security Spy.) According to Apple's description of iChat, it employs a new H.264 video codec, which "intelligently scales to available bandwidth and hardware for improved overall performance."
I fear my iChat is not being very intelligent at all, but is messing up what should be a lovely picture from a nice little camera!
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
~ Diane
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Hi, Ralph ~
I haven't chatted with anyone yet, but I have successfully connected to appleu3test02.
I ran Terminal as you suggested. Here's the result:
165653.666401 Loading hardware rules from hardwarerulesH264-G4.plist
165653.667188 Checking H264 hardware rules
165653.667537 Satisfied rule #5 (20:160x120)
165653.669601 setLocalUserName: Diane Rains & Stu [email protected]
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165653.711159 ### NEW STATE: to: VC_IDLE, from: VC_INIT
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165653.713488 Bandwidth based on QT prefs = 1500
165653.741452 BWD: GotBandwidth: 1110749/1113243 (up/down) @[192.168.1.2:255.255.255.0]
165653.742018 BWD bandwidth: 1110 kbits up, 1113 kbits down.
165653.742305 videoNetworkCapable: 1 -- 3 max participants.
165653.742541 audioNetworkCapable: 1 -- 9 max participants.
165653.742850 vcCapabilities returns: 0x0000001f
165653.743128 VCCapAudio
165653.743356 VCCapVideo
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165653.743997 VCCapMultiVideo
165653.744258 VCCapMultiAudioHost
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iSightUpdater was launched by iChat.
2006-12-13 17:01:03 -0600: iChat BundleVersion: 436
2006-12-13 17:01:03 -0600: iChat ShortVersionString: 3.1.5
2006-12-13 17:01:03 -0600: Auto update feature on.
2006-12-13 17:01:03 -0600: iSight Updater will install firmware version: 1.0.3
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Initiating software installation...
2006-12-13 17:01:33 -0600: Software installation terminating with error 00000000.
2006-12-13 17:01:33 -0600: Flashing firmware onto iSight...
2006-12-13 17:02:01 -0600: Flashing iSight terminating with error 00000000.
2006-12-13 17:02:01 -0600: iSight Updater quitting...
I actually tried to reupdate with 1.0.3, but Tiger wouldn't let me.
Now here's a new piece of the puzzle. I downloaded a demo version of iglasses today. In fiddling with its settings, I discovered that I could eliminate the blue lines if I increase the color temperature and white balance so much that cool colors (esp. blue) are nearly absent. I also found that I could colorize the picture with every hue but blue. In the blue area, the picture just goes unsaturated.
So now I wonder if there's a problem with the way in which the camera measures white balance/temperature at the cool end of the spectrum.
Not sure how Security Spy gets around this, though...
~ Diane
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Thx LowLuster.
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Your new post is a good one, alex.
(For other readers, this post is a follow-on to alex's first post at
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4973191#4973191)
Sorry your problem is not fixed.
Although it is unusual to need more than one hardware fix, I think you will need help from an Apple-Authorized Service Provider again.
However, if you want to try reinstalling your Mac OS as recommended in the other forum, my suggestions on how to do that are in this Reinstalling Mac OS X link. As explained in that linked page, how long the update takes will depend on which update method you choose.
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This post by Stewart Holmes suggests that taking out the battery and leaving your MacBook unplugged for a longer time than you tried previously might be worth a try:
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dwinpenny wrote:
Hi,
Have a new IMac and am trying to get Isight working in a Parallels Windows 7 VM environment.
Isight works fine in Mac OS (Skye, Oovoo, etc).
Tried to install the drivers from the Mac OS disk (appleisightinstaller.exe) and they appear to be installed okay.
BUT, while the device exists, I cant see any picture or when I click on settings get no settings to change. Additionally, the Isight led on the device never comes on.
Anyone got any ideas as to what I should do.
I have tried:
1. De-installing the driver and reinstalling
2. Have edited the registry in Windows to delete all references
The reason I would like to get this working is I am trying to use Polycom PVX video conferencing software (I need it for work) and so my idea was to run it in a Parallels VM as its only available for Windows.
Hope you can help
Cheers
Dave W
Welcome to Discussions, Dave (dwinpenny)
I don't use Windows®, but here are a couple things to consider if you have not already done so and do not get better help here.
(1) Does this help you? http://kb.parallels.com/5028
(2) Consider XMeeting as a possible OSX alternative for connecting to your work's Polycom system:
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