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Fixing my Netbook's Webcam

PongePonge Registered User regular
edited October 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
I have an MSI Wind Netbook that I bought in Hong Kong and I have no idea of the model number. It has a small inbuilt webcam that I'd like to use on skype but I can't get the OS it to recognise it. When I first bought the netbook I formatted it and installed both Ubuntu and the Windows 7 Release Candidate and it doesn't work on either.

Does anyone have any ideas for how to get this thing running?

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  • BEAST!BEAST! Adventurer Adventure!!!!!Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    There's often an option for turning a built in webcam on or off in the BIOS, you may check there first to see if it's an option and turned off.

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  • SeñorAmorSeñorAmor !!! Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    There's bound to be some sort of identification numbers on a sticker on the bottom of the netbook. Maybe posting them here would be of some help in someone identifying the exact model you have. That can go a long way toward finding drivers.

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  • PongePonge Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You're very right SenorAmor, I just flipped it round and it's an MSI Wind U100x. I really should have checked that first!

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  • PongePonge Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I found the answer... Apparently the webcam is turned off by default, so Fn-Key & F6 turns it on. It works fine now.

    Cheers anyway guys,

    *can be locked*

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