IMac with message of "there is no camera attached to this computer"?

My iChat was working fine recently when all of a sudden I am only able to do audio chat. The computer states "there is no camera attached to this computer."
I did have this problem once before about a couple years ago, after I had that day done some software updates. What solved the problem back then, after I had researched the problem on the discussion forums, was to unplug the power cord and all connected wires, wait a minute and then replug power cord while holding in the power button.This worked back then.
This time around, I had not done any recent updates. My ichat had been working fine. I looked under the more info on this computer, under hardware and USB and (I believe) it doesn't detect the camera. I tried fixing with the same approach as last year and nothing has changed.
Any thoughts on the subject would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I know of no other way to get it working.
You could try a Combo Install.
The List is here http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/
Run the Combo version of the OS level you are at over the top of what you have.
You could also try Repair Permissions with Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities using the First Aid tab.
9:52 PM Saturday; March 14, 2009

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Sigh, I've had this problem for a while now and just about exhausted every avenue I can think of but have yet to come up with a solution.
Problem: Accross all apps that use the camera (Facetime / Skype / Photobooth etc). Camera works fine for a while after a restart (mostly - will explain further down) but after a day or so, give or take, I will receive the dreaded "There is no camera attached to this computer." message.
Once this message has appeared, it appears to be game-over until one of the following:-
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     •PRAM reset (sometimes works - might just be down to the restart rarther than the actual resetting of the PRAM)
     •Holding power button on restart until 'beep' (Usually works)
Note that:-
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     •Camera functions fine when it's on.
So far I have tried:-
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     •doing the above restarts/resetting things: In all cases, the fix is temporary and the problem persists after (usually) a day or so.
     •Leaving the app running: I thought if I kept the camera "active" all the time, it might continue to work. Not the case, after a day or so I came back and just had a picture frozen on in and upon restarting facetime, you guessed it, "There is no camera attached to this computer".
     •Formatting disk and reinstalling OS: I thought that the issue might be to a conflict somewhere in the preferences etc so did a clean reinstall of the MacOS 10.8 however, note that this has occurred under 10.6, 10.7 & 10.8.
From the above I deduce that either:-
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     •There is a hardware fault that again, only surfaces after a given amount of time. I'm thinking this is more likely after having done the clean install and the problem persisting. I thought I would seek advice on here before "opening her up"!
I've tried to be as thorough as I possible in diagnosing the problem and though there seem to be a few threads discussing how to solve the problem, I've not come accross one where it repeatedly arises.
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Since booting in and out of bootcamp, the facetime camera seems to be working a little better. I doesn't seem feasable but I wonder whether something on the windows partition was not relinquishing the camera when shutting down and changing back to MacOS...
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Please check if the following suggestions help:
First, please disconnect all USB devices and then perform the following steps:
1. Click "Start" button, type “devmgmt.msc” (without quotation marks) in the “Search” bar and press "Enter". Click “Continue”
if necessary.
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Ralph,
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I deleted all of my plists that referenced programs that used the cam (iChat, yahoo IM, QT), ran the re-installer and repaired permissions. All appears to be working properly.
Not sure why this re-installer is different from what I was doing before...
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