ISight not detected

My external iSight was working fine on may Mac Mini until yesterday. Now, iChat will not detect the camera. When I plug it in, the light lights up for 2-3 seconds, then the camera makes a noise sounding like it's focusing, and the light turns off. I tried resetting the PRAM and reconnecting the camera, to no avail. Does anyone have any clue as to what might be wrong?

Hi,
Can you open System Profiler ?
It is in Applications/Utilities but can be opened by the Apple iCon menu > About this Mac and the More Info button
Use the Reveal triangles to open Hardware and then Firewire for the External iSight
Now select the iSight in the right hand pane.
What firmware does it say it is running ?
Have you tried the things list on the EZ Jim page posted above ?
9:36 PM Thursday; March 12, 2009

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As explained in the Discussions Terms of Use, Apple employees will be so identified.
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Contacting Apple for Support and Service includes contact info for India.
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... how I can make my MBA recognize its iSight ...
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