Camera no longer recognized

I have been using Isight with Ichat for over 3 years with no problem. Suddenly my computer no longer 'sees' my camera in either Ichat or Skype. It also does not see my buddies cameras although they are connected and we can even do a oneway video chat from their side. There are no errors listed. I have replaced the firewire cable in case that was the problem. The camera is not visible in the system profiler either. The light on top of the camera is green and I don't really think it is the camera due to the buddies cameras not being visible either. I have reset the PMU hoping that would help but it hasn't. Any ideas? And if it is the computer would an USB camera work? I don't really want to spend a lot of money fixing a 3.5 year old laptop. Thanks, Jetje
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hi Jetje,
In iChat > Video menu is the Camera Enabled item ticked ?
In iChat > View Menu is Show Video Status selected ?
DOes the iSight appear in System Preferences > Sound > Input tab ?
And in iChat > Preferences > Video section > Microphone drop down ?
Does the iSight appear in other apps like iMovie ?
8:42 PM Tuesday; April 10, 2007

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