ISight Built-in camera on MacBook stopped working

Hello,
It seems that my iSight camera stopped working after the system update two days ago. I checked several solutions (like reset of SMC, creating other test account...) however this does not solve the issue. I also checked the system profiler and there is simply no iSight mentioned there (in the USB group). I don't have green screen when I launch the Photo Booth, it just shows the black frame with a white sign of no camera available. Same with Skype. I think the system (Leopard) just lost or does not recognize the camera anymore. Could someone come with an idea of fixing it please?
Thanks a lot in advance,
Message was edited by: Yashper

Welcome to Apple Discussions, Yashper
If you have not done so recently, repair permissions (not "verify") and try using your iSight again.
If your problem persists, be sure you have tried all the suggestions relevant to your system from How to Troubleshoot iSight.
If your iSight is still not working or visible in System Profiler as a USB device when you have selected the items shown in this picture,
download and reapply the Mac OS X 10.5.1 Update. Repair permissions before you run the updater and again immediately following the restart that finishes the update.
If none of these things fix your problem, (and if you have not made any other software or hardware changes that might be causing the problem), contact your retailer, Apple, or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service.
EZ Jim
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