Replacement MacBook Pro's camera not working!

Hey there. Faulty MacBook Pro (speakers buzzing, lid not closing properly left side and running a "bit hot" was replaced within the first week- arrived a week after requesting it (original took 48 hours to arrive) and when I transferred the data from the old one via Firewire and started Photo Booth the camera light appeared and for a brief moment I even had a blurred picture which quickly faded.
Now all I get is blackness.
Checked to see what might be different between the two machines and the only thing I can think is that it was still running 10.4.6 as opposed to the one it is meant to replace- which is up to 10.4.7.
HOWEVER- when THAT one came out of the box and I started Photo Booth it presumably ran WELL on the same version! In fact I was so impressed that I uploaded my first photo blog within a few hours!
So- what can be the problem? Could it be that the transferred data was "optimised" for 10.4.7 by the time it was transferred?
Or am I looking at ANOTHER faulty machine? I am getting a bit tired of the rather shoddy treatment I have been receiving from Apple's Asian call centre personnel, and the possibility that I am looking at ANOTHER replacement fills me with TOTAL horror.
Hoping that someone wise here has a simple enough suggestion about what it might be..?

OK- ran hardware test as per manual. Nothing untoward found. So it MUST be a software issue, right?
This is the same MacBook Pro as the other one. Only THIS one was asked to use Firewire to transfer data from the one it replaces instead of me first registering it.
Anyone have this?
Camera kind of works (flashes into dark sepia but quickly fades to either complete black or some white spots from lights) and green light IS on when it should be.

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