Green Screen (Built in Isight)

Whenever I open a application with isight the screen is just green.

Hi mm1221,
First of Check System Preferences > Displays is set to Millions.
Check no other application such as a Game is running that might drop the colour setting.
If that does not work start with Shutting down the computer and then restarting holding the Apple key + ALT + P + R Keys all at the same time until you hear 4 "Bongs" of the Apple Start up tone.
2:15 PM Saturday; December 30, 2006
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Can anyone tell me how to determine what is accessing my built-in iSight camera? The green indicator light flashes on for about 4 sec every 10 minutes. I am not running anything that should be using it, no browser-based webapp chat, etc.
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ISight Green Screen

My iSight isn't working, out of nowhere I open PhotoBooth and a green screen pops up. When I try to open it in iChat it shows up as black. What are my options for fixing it?

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