ISight not detected on Yahoo Messenger 3.0 beta

Hi. I'm having a problem using the built-in iSight on Yahoo Messenger. It works fine on iChat and Photobooth, but not on YM.
I'm not using it frequently, but I remember it was working before on YM.
It doesn't show on Webcam settings...
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I already tried re-installing the app, resetting the PRAM, but still I cannot use my iSight.
Please help. I'm currently using YM
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First, use these suggestions to verify that YMM is your ONLY problem app in any user account:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
If so, and if you don't get the answers you need here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10701299&#10701299
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