Mac G5 not recognizing webcam

I purchase a webcam for my mac G5 with a usb connector, but the computer is not recognizing the device. If someone has knowledge of what I need to do or any software I can download to fix this issue, please let me know. Your Help will be gladly appreciated.
Thanx
Jordan

Hi, and a Warm Welcome to Apple Discussions and the Power Mac G5 Forum!
Is the webcam recognised at all in Blue Apple menu > About This Mac > More Info > Hardware > USB (System Profiler)? It may be shown as 'USB Device'. If you connect and disconnect the webcam and then hit Command(Apple)-R(efresh), you should see if it is detected or not.
It seems many USB cameras do not have 'drivers' for OS X.
You could try
http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/
To use a USB cam with iChat there is
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/
which lists compatible cameras
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/configs.html
These threads/posts may be of interest
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=888035&tstart=25
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4266538#4266538
but not so much, I suppose, if you are on 10.3.9....
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