Leaving built in iSight on 24/7 bad for iMac?

is leaving the built in iSight on for 24/7 bad for my iMac?
after a few days, the computer is kinda hot up top.

Hello Ben
Leaving your Mac running in an environment that is comfortable for humans won't harm it. (If you do not need to see the display while the computer runs for extended periods, you can extend the service life of the display by adjusting the separate "Display" Energy Saver option to allow the display to sleep.)
Particularly if you notice your fan running much of the time, next time you have your iMac turned off, check the vents near the bottom of the case for a significant accumulation of dust that might be reducing the flow of cooling air.
If you have a dust problem, consult your users manual or search or post in the appropriate iMac Discussions forum for help on proper cleaning.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10) G5 DP 1.8 External iSight

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I have problesm using skype video with the built-in camera on my iMac G5. Everytime i start the video or open the video preferences to select the video source, skype crashes.
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Message was edited by: ObiYann

Hi,
AS the camera works in another Mac User Account and even another Application on the same Mac user it is more likely a corrupt .plist
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At iChat start up iChat "reads" what Internet speed it can get.
This depends on the current activity of the computer and anyone else sharing the same Internet connection (Don't forget WiFi Phones).
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Restarting iChat is supposed to change it.
Having said that it dos not always happen.
Restarting the computer may solve it.
Try a PRAM reset.
Shut down the computer.
Restart it holding down Apple/CMD (or ⌘)+ALT PR Keys until you have heard three Start Up Bongs.
Lastly if the other have not worked delete the Users com.apple.ichat.plist.
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Saved Transcripts options.
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phillyb wrote:
to get the built-in isight to work on the mac, one chooses usb video class video.
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I wonder how many others have this problem?
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I agree that the system should allow both to co-exist.
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Please let us know how it goes.
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No, unfortunately that did not help. I did the following...
1. See if the issue is application-specific. - Nope. Camera is not recognized in any of the apps that it should be recognized in, I tested iChat AV, PhotoBooth, ImageCapture, and iMovie.
2. See if the issue is user-specific. - There's only one user account on this Mac, so I couldn't do that.
3. Find out if the computer recognizes the iSight. I went into System Profiler and checked the USB profiler, and the camera does not show up.
4. Reset SMC or PMU. These just looked like different ways of restarting, which I did multiple times.
I have also run my Software Updates (on OS 10.5, which I did with a clean install from an OS 10.5 DVD by the way) and still no camera. This problem started happening with the original OS 10.4 (which it came with) and I was hoping a clean install of the OS would help, but no.
I'm wondering if resetting the PRAM might help, but I can't remember those keys you hold down while restarting (was it Apple-Option-P-R ?) or if that is just reaching waaaaay back to the pre OSX days.
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And no, I don't have a thousand apps running. And yes, I did try restarting my computer.

aoisenshi9 wrote:
Bright and early, tested my iSight, and it's still running at a slow frame rate!
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Hmm... Really hoping the display isn't bad...
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258
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(2) If you are using FileVault, turn it off and see if that resolves your problem:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8727.html
(3) How slow is "very slow"? Using the iSight built into my 24"&nbps;LED&nbpsdisplay, Photo Booth only captures 14-20fps for me depending on light.
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(5) Best quality video requires *_much more light_* than most of us consider normal room lighting. Unless you use the equivalent of full sunlight, you will likely not see the maximum 30fps regardless of which software you use.
Use BRIGHT light, and make a test recording with QuickTimeX. Then play both that test and one of your "slow" Photo Booth videos back with QTX to determine whether the frame rate of the QT recorded file is different from those recorded in Photo Booth.
(6) If your frame rates are below fifteen in bright light, consider the troubleshooting suggestions beginning on page 15 of the User's Guide manual that came with your LED display.
(7) If all else fails, contact an Apple-Authorised Service Provider for professional help.
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
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I used it just yesterday with both Photobooth and iChat with no problems what so ever. Now all it shows is a green screen! Anybody know what the problem may be and how to fix it??? Thanks!
-Jonathon

Welcome to Discussions, -Jonathon
Here are the solutions that help most users who encounter green-screen problems. None are complicated, but the only way to find which one will work for you is to try them one-by-one until you find the one that fixes your Mac.
(1) Check your System Preferences as explained in this kbase article about Built-in iSight camera produces blue or green pictures.
(2) If your System Preferences are set correctly, try every suggestion re: Built-in iSight in the "How to Troubleshoot iSight" article.
Be sure to include the checks for whether the problem is "application-specific" and "user-specific".
If you need help creating a new user account to check whether your problem is "user-specific" during Troubleshooting, see this Help article.
(3) If resetting or the other 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.
(4) A few iNtel Mac laptop users have also reported success after unplugging their Macs and leaving the battery out for half-an-hour to overnight.
(5) If none of these suggestions help, contact Apple or your Apple-Authorized Service Provider for a professional check.
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I have reset the PMU twice and have reset PRAM (holding down apple-option-p-r at startup),I have also repaired disk permissions on my startup disk.
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It's really getting annoying.
Message was edited by: shullke

Hello shullke
(1) You can try the relevant suggestion for built-in iSight in Apple's How to Troubleshoot iSight.
It seems that you have already verified that the problem is not "application-specific." Be sure to also check whether the problem is "user-specific". Click here if you need help creating a new user account to check whether your problem is "user-specific" during Troubleshooting.
(2) If resetting or the other suggestions do correct your problem, you can 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.
(3) A few iNtel Mac laptop users have also reported success after unplugging their Macs and leaving the battery out for half-an-hour to overnight.
(4) If none of these suggestions help, contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for a professional check.
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