With Windows 7 or 8 on my 2710p (built in webcam), the camera driver says "HP Webcam not found"

I had the webcam running on my 2710p with Windows 7 for quite a while, but after I plugged in an external webcam once (I think it was Microsoft branded), it's almost as if my built in webcam dissappeared.  I tried formatting the computer to Windows 7 and now Windows 8 (both 32bit), hoping it that a fresh install would fix the issue, but when I try and install the sonix webcam driver from the hp drivers page for the 2710p (using W7 Home Premium 32bit drivers), it says "The HP Webcam has not found! Please plug in the HP webcam and then run installation again."  The only unknown device in my device manager is the PCI controller, which I don't really care for.
What's going on here? I'm pretty tech literate but I'm kind of stumped here.
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Webcams are fragile and I suspect yours has died. I think the fact that it happened while you were using an external webcam is coincidence.

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