Remove IOXperts FireWire WebCam Driver?

I opened my iChat at work after a long hiatus and got this message from IOXperts FireWire WebCam Driver asking me to purchase it. Has Apple switched or did this driver some how mysteriously get added to my computer? I want to remove it if it is unnecessary. I am using one of the original iSight cameras with the latest OS X 10.4.1 on a dual 2.3 Ghz PowerPC G5. Thanks for your advice on whether I should remove this driver.

You should remove the driver by following the instructions or using the utility on the linked page.
(25069)

Similar Messages

Firewire Webcam driver

I have an older laptop (G4) that doesn't have the builtin camera. I need to engage in an online video conference that is using MegaMeeting. I have several Sony camcorders that I'd like to use, connecting with Firewire. The one I currently use to capture video to IMovie is the TRV950. I can connect successfully to capture, but don't have any drivers to allow video conferencing. What are my options?

Welcome to Apple Discussions, joeBOH
The fact that you can use your Sony to "capture" means that your camcorder works with OS X. You do not need other drivers.
If your only problem is with MegaMeeting®.com, you should find all the answers you need in their Help/Support page for the version you use. I do not use MegaMeeting®.com, but all their Help pages I examined say that you only need a current browser (like Safari) and the latest version of Macromedia Flash Player, which is likely already one of your Safari's plug-ins.
You probably only need to configure your Flash Settings as explained in this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4761707&#4761707
Substitute MegaMeeting®.com for Stickam and follow the instructions. For your DV Camcorder, try the "DV Video" camera setting. For the microphone setting, try "DV Audio" first. If those two do not work, you can experiment with the other possibilities.
If you like, you can test with Stickam or other Flash-based video websites before you try connecting with MegaMeeting®.com. Settings should work the same for all of them.
If you need more help that you can find in MegaMeeting®.com's Help/Support pages, contact the IT people for whoever is hosting the conference for help. Alternatively, you can use MegaMeeting®.com's Contact Info to get help directly from the people who sell and support MegaMeeting.
Before you try to conference, check your camcorders User Guide for info on how to disable your camcorder's "tape saver" and "battery saver" features to prevent unexpected shut-down when you are using the camera for conferencing rather than for recording. These features are defeated on my Sony's by removing the tape and keeping the camcorder connected to AC Power, but your may be different.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.2) External iSight

IOXperts WebCam Driver

Please help me!
Everytime I want to used my ISight with Yahoo. iOXperts Webcam Driver show up in my computer. They want I buy a WebCam Driver in order to used iSight. I do not understand. The camara need a drive? I need to buy separate. in order iSight work?
Who ever know about it please answer me.
Thanks,

If you don't need the iOXperts webcam driver, use these instructions to uninstall it. If you need the driver installed, see here for information.
(17253)

Firewire webcam recommendations?

Using a USB webcam on a G3 iBook with a slow USB 1.1 provides no good quality.
But firewire webcams on a Clamshell seem do be a little bit tricky.
I own a unibrain fire-i, a pyro webcam and a AME CF-2000 which show up on my G4 in iMovie, but refuse to work on the Clamshell iBook (both running OSX 10.4.11)
The alternative is to buy the ioexperts webcam driver for 19,95$
http://www.ioxperts.com/products/webcamx.html
But i have to buy a separate license for each camera because it is linked to the firewire ID.
First question: which Firewire webcam works on a Clamshell without expensive third-party drivers ? I havn't tried the iSight camera yet.
Second question: Do you know a freeware application that can be used with a firewire webcam for recording ?
Third question: A 466Mhz Clamshell seems to be underpowered if you want to use iChat. Perhaps an additional webcam driver for 9,95$ is required
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iusbcam/
Please share your experience.

Complex questions, bund!
First question:
If you have a Firewire DV camcorder, it should work without any additional drivers (as long as your Mac meets the minimum system requirements for the software application that you want to use with your video camera.)
System requirements can be different between apps, so you must examine each app individually.
For instance, regardless of your driver, your iMovie must be at _least version 4_ (or later): http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3095 in order to use the Firewire camera as a video source for recording directly to your Mac.
Minimum system requirements of the app apply, too.
For instance, iMovie 4 has its own that your minimum system requirements http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27598 which your system must meet in order to allow this to work properly. Therefore, even if you have a fast enough processor, you cannot use a Firewire DV camcorder as your video recording source for iMovie unless you have a late enough version of the iMovie app. Conversely, even if you have a useable iMovie version, you cannot record video if your Mac does not meet all minimum requirements of http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27598
iChat has different requirements: According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1772 , an iNdigo clamshell iBook has only a 366 MHz G3 processor. If that is true, although a Firewire camera may work with the iBook and some apps, this 366 MHz G3 processor does NOT meet the minimum system requirements (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1771) minimum (600 MHZ G3) for OS X 10.4.11's iChat video chat *regardless of which driver you might use*.
Failure to meet these minimum system requirements may be what is causing your problem. You need to check the system requirements for every app you want to use. They are not all the same.
Second question:
I use QuickTime Pro and iMovie, neither of which is free.
This search shows many video capture apps, some free. I have tested a couple of the freeware/shareware apps with varying results, but I prefer the Apple apps that I use.
Of course, which you use will depend on your needs and the system requirements of the individual apps.
Third question:
ecamm's "iUSBCam" http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iusbcam/ can let cameras work with processors below Apple's minimum system requirement thresholds for iChat. However, as stated in the iUSBCam faq page:
... it will be slow. Try the demo to see if performance is acceptable before purchasing.
iUSBCam has no effect on apps other than iChat, so it will not help you with video recording or other functions.
EZ Jim
G5 DP 1.8GHz w/Mac OS X (10.5.6) PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSight

Error message: "Webcam driver open fail" for Satellite L305-S5875

Problem: Webcam is not working and when Camera Assistant Software is started up, the Error message, "Webcam driver open fail" pops up.
Computer: Notebook Satellite L305-S5875
OS: Windows Vista
In troubleshooting, I have unsuccessfully tried the following: Changed the webcam driver several times, rolled back driver, updated driver, and tried Chicony 2.0 USB driver, and a few other webcam drivers. The webcam initially worked fine, but about a month after installing and using Skype video, the webcam suddenly stopped working and on reboot I got the error message.
I've stopped Skype and Camera Assistant Software at startup and manually start them, as someone suggested this as a solution. I've uninstalled both and reinstalled several times. I've tried one software without the other installed... trying every possible arrangement for a solution, to no avail.
I called Customer Support and John, although very nice and patient, was not helpful. He said he'd research and call back. Didn't.
I've gone to Chicony website to try to find an more current driver than January 07. When I let Windows install the latest from the web, it installs a Microsoft 2006 driver. I don't think it's a hardware issue, as it started acting up after Skype installed. I also tried System Restore, but that didn't work either.
Suggestions?
Thanks,
SteveCo

Thanks Jerry. I spent hours going through the links you provided and tried some of the suggestions looking for a solution. Nothing worked.
I tried uninstalling Toshiba's Camera Assist software and Skype (Skype initially seemed to be the instigator of the problem), completely removing both from the registry, and removing the webcam with Device Manager. Then I made sure Vista was up to date, and then installed the latest Toshiba Camera Assist software from the Toshiba download page. After installation and rebooting, I'm getting the same error message: "Webcam driver open fail."
The webcam used to work, before we installed Skype and used it a few times. From the other posts I've read, it does seem to be a common problem... usually after Skype or another webcam-using software is installed and run.
We have another Toshiba laptop: A215-S4757, that has the same OS and webcam-using programs, and it does not have an issue. Apparently though , after going through all the links on the European message board, you provided, the L305 model is having a problem.
Open for suggestions.
SteveCo

Time Machine backup with firewire external drive

I am having issues with a brand new firewire external drive and I am not sure if it is a drive issue, a configuration issue or what.
I have a 6tb Firewire hooked up to my machine. This is the drive which is being used as the destination for Time Machine. I have had this drive for awhile and seem to be having no problem with it and have not had an issue with Time Machine previously. I have a new added a second firewire drive (2tb) in daisy chain to the first (the 6tb). Whenever this drive is included in my TM backup profile, TM fails. Whenever I remove it, TM seems to work. I am wondering if the issue is the sequence of the drives (the TM drive perhaps needing to be the last in the chain), an issue with TM or perhaps an indication of a hardware problem with the new drive itself. Anyone got a clue?
Thanks.

Okay,apparantly no one else seems to be having this issue. That being the case then, how do I find a log file to get an error code so I can try to determine *why* Time Machine is failing?

How can I use a firewire hard drive on a new Macbook with one USB-C only?

How can I use a firewire hard drive on a new MacBook with only one USB-C?

kaz-k is correct about FireWire not being supported by any possible connector or adaptor to USB-C and never will. However, there is no such thing as a FireWire Hard Drive. There are only SATA (or if it is a really old one, ATA,) drives in a FireWire enclosure. If you can remove the drive from the case/enclosure - bust it open somehow if it is a glued-up unit - then the drive can be placed into a regular USB3 enclosure. Then it can connect to the new MacBook via any one of the adaptors Apple sells.

Remove data from hard drive without startup CD?

I have an old mac computer Tiger 10.4.1 which I am taking to be recycled. How do I erase or zero the hard drive? I do not have the original disk- the computer is 12 years old! This is just a personal computer but does have some sensitive data (one file only, actually). Cant I just drag the hard drive to the trash and empty it?

As WALTER-MILANO-ITALY indicated above, it is possible to gain access to the hard disk on another computer using FireWire target disk mode (if both machines have FireWire ports). A FireWire cable would be needed for this. See the manual for your computer(s) and the article below for details.
http://support.apple.com/manuals/
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661
In order to remove a hard drive, you would have to disassemble the computer. This can be more or less difficult (a quick look at ifixit.com should give you an idea about this) depending upon which model it is.
Once the hard drive has been removed, you can either keep it, erase/use it with another computer, or mechanically destroy it. If you wish to connect it to another computer, something like this example could be useful:
http://www.newertech.com/products/usb3_universaldriveadap.php
You are not supposed to drag a hard disk with an active system to the Trash. Dragging individual files to the Trash (and emptying the Trash) is not going to be sufficient, unless the space is overwritten. It is not wise to recycle a computer without having properly erased or removed the hard disk drive.
Jan

Accessing external firewire hard drive from Finder

I have a Lacie Porsche 250 GB firewire hard drive. The icon appears on the desktop but when I double click on it to view it's contents the finder 'blinks' and closes all open windows (including the momentarily opened hard drive window).
I can access the drive from within applications (using 'open' command, but never directly from the finder. I have visited the Lacie support site and updated the software, firmware, etc.
Very grateful for any advice on how i can get the hard drive to start behaving.

OK ...
Run MainMenu
And under "Other Tasks" select
"Remove all .DS_Store files" then re Boot

External Cardbus Firewire Hard drive Wallstreet

I have a Wallstreet G3 upgraded to a G4.
I have a cardbus IE1394 Firewire
I want to add an external firewire hard drive. I have to have one with it's own power supply, correct?
How large a drive can I get?
What rpm?
Has anyone had any success with such a setup on the Wallstreet?
I am in System 9.2.2. That is why I want the external - to remove all my files to the external drive and reformat my internal hard drive and add system 10 to my internal.
What problems do you forsee?
Any help will be gratefully considered.
Gayle in Saginaw, MI

Gayle,
A FireWire card works just fine in a Wallstreet in both 9.x and 10.x, and yes, you will want a FW HD with its own power supply. You can also use any size FW HD...there is no limitation. I would not spend a lot of money on the fastest drive since I don't believe you are editing video, etc, where speed is mandatory.
Please be aware that you cannot boot to an external drive through a FireWire PC card, only through built-in FireWire ports.
You will need to add the three FireWire extensions to your OS 9.2.2:
FireWire CardBus Enabler 1.0.1
FireWire Enabler 2.8.5
FireWire Support 2.8.5
The above are the latest versions in 9.2.2 running on my Wallstreet. Since you are running 9.2.2, the easiest way to get the latest versions is this: Insert the FireWire PC card in the PCMCIA/CardBus slot; you should see a generic PC card icon on the desktop. Now launch your MacOS 9.2.2 Update and run it on top of your installed 9.2.2. The installer will "see" your FireWire hardware and install the two extensions it has, FW Enabler and FW Support.
The third necessary extension, FireWire CardBus Enabler 1.0.1, can be had by downloading "FireWire 2.5" here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58642
You will have to run the FireWire 2.5 Installer; then you can drag the older versions of FireWire Enabler and Support out of the Extensions folder, leaving just the FireWire CardBus Enabler extension. Now you can run the MacOS 9.2.2 Update (with the FW PC card inserted) and get the other two extensions.
Regarding OSX:
- What version do you want to run? The Wallstreet natively supports up to 10.2.8, and higher using XPostFacto.
- What is the size of your internal HD?
- How much built-in RAM do you have?

Firewire Disconnecting Drives

I have been using a firewire hub to connect several Lacie hard drives. With the update to 10.5.3 I have been getting, after a while, all drives disconnected. I have to unplug the hub and reconnect. I thought it might be the hub, so I connected one of the drives to the front firewire port as well. When the Mac Pro indicated the drives had disconnected, the front one had disconnected as well. This told me it was a Mac hardware issue and not the hub.
Any ideas on why this is happening??
Thanks.....Sky

Actually I think I boiled it down to one of the drives. I am using a Lacie rough drive in the Hub. When I disconnected the hub I just used the Rough Drive - and it eventually disconnected. I was also running the hub via my firewire port on my Cinema display. I thought that might be the issue so I run the hub into the MacPro. I removed the lone Rough drive. Since then none of the drives or the hub has disconnected. I added the lone Lacie Rough drive into the front firewire port and with a short period of time the drive disconnected but the other drives connected to the hub remained on. After all this it appears it was the Lacie Rough drive. I recently had changed the original drive to a 250 gig drive. I use this drive with my Mac Book Pro for work and when traveling then hook it to my MacPro when back at home base.
Just to see...Last night I changed the drive to another case and will hook it back up to the MacPro to see if it disconnects. It if doesn't then I know the case for the drive was the problem.
Thanks for your help!!
Sky.....

Mac Pro Early 2008 problems with firewire 400 drives

I am having some sporadic problems with firewire 400 drives and am trying to figure out my best options going forward. System 10.5.2 has hung on me twice in the first week of use, and each time I noticed from console there were some problems accessing one or more of these drives (even though I wasn't doing any reads/writes to/from them). Just before one of the crashes, Disk Utility also had problems "seeing" these drives. My external firewire drives are:
Maxtor OneTouch III 750GB
Acomdata enclosure/Seagate 400GB
LaCie d2/160GB
LaCie w/Lightscribe DVD
I have this "cobbled" arrangement because I just upgraded from an eMac and needed these drives to manage video files, audio files, photos, etc. While I'd love to go out and buy new internals to install in my spare bays, and migrate the data to them, I will have to do that in stages as my budget is tapped out at the moment. My MacPro is the base version of the early 2008 units, with 300GB internal.
In the interim, is it worth troubleshooting firmware updates for these externals, or am I destined to continue to have firewire problems? Is there a straight-forward/inexpensive way to remove these drives from enclosures/install in drive bays with an adaptor? I believe the external hard drives are all ATA type drives.
Thanks in advance for any counsel.

I would assume that the Maxtor may be SATA. Does it have an eSATA port? Also, there were a lot of threads (in OS X Leopard forum) about those OneTouch units. Same can be said for LaCie problems.
Yes, check for firmware and configuration. In some cases, and what I do with any new OS, is to reformat all drives - gradually. Given the age of the eMac I'd guess firmware is out of date, and that the drives are formatted some time ago. While you don't have to use GUID, it is a good idea eventually, or just reformat a drive.
Don't forget to test your drives with Disk Warrior (4.1) also.
750GB WD Caviar is $139 SATA.
http://eshop.macsales.com/Specials/XLR8YourMac.cfm?Criteria=&sort=&man=Western%2 0Digital
Are you using daisy chains? you have one FW bus shared by front and back ports. Do you have any on FW800 or using FW400 to FW800 adapter cable? PCI Express FW400 card might even help a little.
Never had trouble with OWC enclosures:
http://www.macsales.com/firewire/

Re: Satellite A300 PSAGCA -02Y010 - Error: Webcam driver open failed

Problem:
Recieve error every time I try to use Camera Assistance Software for Toshiba: Webcam driver open failed. Please restart camera or computer. Web cam also does not work in Skype. It seems that this is a very common problem with the A300s series, yet there is no clear solution out there.
Hardware
Series: A300
Model: PSAGCA -02Y010
Software
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Camera Assistant Software for Toshiba: 1.7.175.0123
Details
I recently did a clean install of Windows 7, updating from Windows Vista. I never used the web cam on Windows Vista, so I can't testify as to whether the web camera was workin correctly or not. However, when I tried to use it with Skype, it did not work. I reinstalled the driver that I backed up before I installed the new operating system, but it did not work. The web cam doesn't show up at all in Device Manager - even when set to display hidden devices. Trying to add new hardware through the control panel fails to detect the web camera at all. I have restarted after every install/repair of the driver.
Steps Taken
Reinstalled backuped drivers
I used third party software (Double Driver) to back up and reinstall the drivers for the web camera after I installed Windows 7. Double Driver claimed there was no device to install the driver for. I manually copied the files into the Camera Assistance folder and overwrote the existing ones. The files I copied were:
casflr.cat
oem34.inf
restore.ini
UVCFTR_S.SYS
Reinstalled Drivers from Toshiba Website
Extensive goolging has only turned up recommendations to uninstall and reinstall drivers. I was unable to find any drivers specifically for windows 7 64-bit, but I did try those for my model of laptop for Windows Vista 64-bit - no luck. I tried installing Camera Assistance Software for Toshiba, which as far as I can tell, includes the driver - it only gives me the error described above.
I also tried locating a generic Windows 7 driver for the web camera - I was unable to find one.
Check Registry Value Is Correct
I have also tried checked the registry value at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/ControlSet001/Enum/USB/SN001/ClassUID matches the value in C:\Program Files (x86)\Camera Assistant Software for Toshiba\driver\64bit\casflr.inf as and C:\Program Files (x86)\Camera Assistant Software for Toshiba\driver\32bit\casflr.inf recommended by some article recommend.
Please, I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me out here. I have exhausted all the options I can think of.
Likely Solution:
I encountered a thread post that suggested a loose wire was responsible and that the camera would work when the lid was almost closed. I tried this and the camera suddenly appeared in device manager. However, I still can't get it to work with Camera Assistant Software or Skype.
Message was edited by: A300Owner

Hi - I'm a newbie to this forum.
I have an A300 Satellite Pro - not even 2 years old.
In the last 2 days I have 2 problems that I think are possibly related.
1. Like others on here I now cannot get my internal webcam to work. I get the 'webcam driver open failed' message. I have read some forums etc and today I have:
a) loaded most recent BIOS,
b) reloaded the webcam software drivers (the most recent seems to be from 2008!)
c) restarted my laptop about 20 times
Nothing works
2. In the last 2 days for the first time I keep getting the 'USB device not recognised' message that annoyingly crops up about every 10 seconds. I am assuming that the webcam is connected to a USB port (internal) and is no longer being recognised. Based on Google advice in various forums I have also:
1) Turned off the AC power supply
2.) Taken out the laptop battery and waited 5 mins - this apparently resets the BIOS
3) tried using device manager in various ways
Nothing bloody works!!
Maybe the hardware is damaged but I doubt it - I have not dropped the laptop, I always pack it carefully in a padded rucksack. It has always worked fine until 2 days ago.
Ashbo (very fed up)

Satellite P70-A-104 - cannot find webcam driver for Win 8.1

Hello,
I have installed a 2nd hard disk with Win 8 Pro 8.1.
I also have downloaded all available drivers for my model P70-A-104, but there is no driver available for the built-in Toshiba WebCam FHD. I have also checked other Toshiba models with 2 MBit FHD Camera.
Is there anyone who knows where to download the correct driver? I know there a some tools for driver updates (25 - 30 US$) but they don't display the missing web cam driver.
Yours

As far as I know there is no webcam driver for Win and no webcam driver for Win 8.1 because the notebooks webcam module is controlled by internal Microsoft driver provided with Win 8 / Win 8.1
Question: do you have any yellow exclamation marks in device manager? I guess the webcam is listed there...

Unstable firewire hard drives performance in 220 volts countries

Over the years, I often travel back and forth to the US, Asia and Europe with my MacBook Pro and external firewire hard drives, which were purchased in the USA. While in Europe or Asia, which generally runs on ~220 volts, I've had several experiences whenever I daisy chained more than 1 external firewire hard drive to my laptop, either the connection was very unstable, resulting in drives randomly unmounting; or my current dilemma where the 2nd drive is not mounting at all. I never experience these issues at all while I'm in the US. My guess is that the difference in voltage (110 vs. 220) or cycles (60 Hz vs. 50 Hz) is affecting the drives somehow. I have experienced this with G-drives, and the Newertech Voyager Q and Wiebetech Traydock which are well built, reliable enclosures. I pair the enclosures with Seagate or Hitachi drives. All the enclosures' AC adapters specifically state that they're rated for 100-240 volts. I thought hooking all my drives to a 2000 watt voltage transformer would solve the problem but it didn't. Using 1 firewire drive is not a problem, but the daisy chaining seems problematic. The dilemma is I MUST daisy chain the drives for backup purposes and just for general data wrangling. Plus my MacBook Pro only has 1 firewire port. My laptop and firewire port is not the problem, as I've upgraded several times over the years.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone else ever experienced USA drives acting funky in 220 volts countries?
2. Anyone have an idea for a solution to this problem?
Thanks so much,
HL
PS. On perhaps a related note, when I plug my MacBook Pro into a 220 volts outlet and lay my wrists below the keyboard, there is a current or vibration that I do not feel when I'm in the US.

There is no difference in the power delivered to the computer or the drives, it's 12-15v wherever you are, and it's DC so there are no cycles, I think this is not the right tree you're barking up.

Remove IOXperts FireWire WebCam Driver?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for