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   Posted by: sjmanikt
   Member

   Hi all,

   I upgraded my Timeline 5810TZ to Win 7, and just about everything works fine...except the webcam. I didn't even notice it for a week or two until a friend of mine tried to make a Skype video call to me from Costa Rica.

   Since then, I've tried to upgrade drivers from the Acer site, but 1. I can't tell if I have the Suyin or Chicony webcam (tried both, no luck). 2. can't find anything in the device manager about my webcam--where the heck is it?!

   Any help would be greatly appreciated! This thing was working fine just a few weeks ago!

   -Salil

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Posted by: sjmanikt
   Member

   Hello? Anyone?

   I hate to bump my own post, but why would the device not show up in device manager at all?

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Posted by: sjmanikt
   Member

   bump.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Posted by: sjmanikt
   Member

   I've since tried about a million different things, including totally nutjob stuff like deleting all my pictures from My Pictures / Shared Pictures.

   I've also tried installing the drivers for Win 7 for both Chicony and Suyin.

   I've tried installing legacy drivers.

   I've tried installing legacy drivers as Admin. In XP Compatibility Mode. In Vista compatability mode.

   I'm not getting anywhere. The webcam remains stubbornly not apparent in Device Manager. There's still no entry for Imaging Devices at all.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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