Isight Video Camera

It seems that my Macbook does not recognize anymore my isight build Video Camera. I thought it was a virus and formated my hard disk but still have the same message of error when opening photo booth
"cannot open because no camera is attached or the camera is in used by other application"
Is anyone know how I could fix this problem.
thank in advance
p.s

Welcome to Apple Discussions, Photo Booth Isight Camera
Here are some common solutions that help most avoid a visit to their Apple Service Technician for the "in use..." or "no camera connected" errors.
If you are still having problems after you get your system's software completely reinstalled and updated, try the following, even ones you may have tried before you reinstalled your software. None of the suggestions is complicated, but the only way to find which one will work for you is to try them one-by-one until you find which fixes your Mac.
(0) Disconnect any unnecessary peripherals while you do your testing to rule out possible conflicts. 
(1) Restart your Mac. Sometimes that is all that is required.
(2) If you use VMware Fusion to run Windows on your Mac, consider disconnecting iSight from your Virtual Machine as recommended by user "The.VCI" in this post.
(3) If you use an HP printer/scanner with your Mac, consider the "daemon" suggestions from user "parkersal" in this post.
(4) Check for any running applications, Login Items, or widgets that can use your iSight. (It is easy to forget widgets like Mirror in your Dashboard.) As explained in Apple's iSight "Your camera is in use by another application" message, iSight can be used by one application at a time.
(5) Try every suggestion re: Built-in iSight in How to Troubleshoot iSight. Be sure to include the checks for whether the problem is "application-specific" and "user-specific".
Click here if you need help creating a new user account to check whether your problem is "user-specific" during Troubleshooting.
(6) If resetting or the other troubleshooting suggestions do correct your problem, try the following:
• Backup your Home Folder, or at very least, your important files.
• Repair permissions. (Click here if you need help.)
• Then download and apply the Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update v1.1 (iNtel).
• Finish with another Permissions Repair, and then check your iSight again.
Users have reported fixes to a variety of audio, video, connectivity, and software conflicts and unreliability issues after properly applying Combo Updates.
(7) Some iNtel Mac laptop users have also reported success after unplugging their Macs and leaving the battery out for half-an-hour to overnight. You might want to try disconnecting EVERYTHING, including both power and peripherals, for a few hours to see if it help you.
(8) If none of these suggestions work, contact your retailer, Apple, or your Apple-Authorized Service Provider for professional help.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.10) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5)  External iSight

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