Isight on macbook (internal) not working

okay, I reinstalled (full) the macbook and once I came onto the account picture screen, the camera box displays only green with a strip of static on the top. Once that was done, I decided to test photobooth but still the camera doesn't seem to be able to get any image, just green! Is this a software problem or hardware? Before reinstall, it worked.
Mac mini, MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   1GB, 1.25GB Ram (respectively)

My macbook had the same problem. It began after I installed bootcamp, which I have since updated to 1.1. Whenever I boot into windows xp and then back into Os X, the isight stops working. In photobooth I get a blank green screen with a few scribbling lines of static at the top, but in ichat I get the "in use by other application" error.
I tried a system X reinstall, a bootcamp reinstall, zapping the PRAM, etc. etc. What really killed me was that the isight camera continued to work FINE in windows, but not at all in Os X (I could almost hear Bill Gates snickering).
The solution turned out to be resetting the power management unit by unplugging, removing the battery and holding down the power button for 5 seconds. Works without having to zap PRAM after.
The annoying thing is that I have to do this EVERY TIME after I have booted into windows if I want the camera to work in Os X.
As other users have pointed out, bootcamp now includes a package that updates the isight firmware.
Interestingly, this does NOT happen on my intel iMac, only the macbook.
I'm hoping for a more elegant fix.
Anyone else?
Jason

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