Computer shuts down after turning on webcam?

So I have this old computer ( HP Pavilion a520n) and I got this webcam Logitech C260. I use to use this camera for skype and one day it just stopped working. Skype could not locate my webcam and everytime I went into the Logitech webcam softare to see if the camera works it just restarts my computer. I reformatted my computer and it still keeps restarting. Saw some post about how to turn off some AEC and my logitech folder does not have a file named LVCKAP.SAS or KAudP. If my camera decides to record it turns off the computer. I deleted the C260 camera driver in the device manager and still get the same crap.
PS. The Microphone on my webcam works great..... Its just that as soon as I want to take a pic or vid chat with someone my comuter just goes nope.... restart.
I reinstalled Skype, delete and installed drivers. PC just shuts down.
PLEASE HELP

Hello 987sammycat. I understand you are experiencing an issue with your webcam. To assist you better, I do require the following information:
1. Computer model number. If you require assistance locating this information, you can reference the following website: https://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07555&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
2. Operating system. If you require assistance locating this information, you can reference the following website: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows/which-operating-system
3. Have you tried a second webcam to evaluate if it is one webcam, or several having the issue?
In the meantime, I would like you to follow the troubleshooting in this HP document about resolved webcam issue, below. Please pick the appropriate document based on your current operating system:
Windows Vista: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c01235743
Windows 7: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c02452221
Windows 8: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c03430151
Please respond to this post after you have completed troubleshooting using the above document. If the issue persists, please provide the results of troubleshooting, and the information I inquired about earlier in this post.
I look forward to your response.
Mario
I worked on behalf of HP.

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