Webcam Software Problem

[mmasoud]

I have a HP Pavilion dv9005us Notebook PC that I bought around 2005. I had Windows XP on it and when Windows 7 came out, I decided to upgrade to Windows 7. Usually on HP computers, they have drivers to make softwares on the computer to function properly. When I upgraded to Windows 7, just got the windows 7 disc, formatting the hard drive, then installing Windows 7. When Windows 7 installed successfully I tried using softwares like skype or oovoo to video chat and I noticed that my webcam won't work at all. I thought the webcam didn't work because it didn't have its drivers so I looked at the HP website to see if it has drivers for the webcam but there wasn't. I wanted to ask some people on here to see if anyone had this problem or knows how to solve it.

 

[Matt77]

Hello,
Have you checked in Device Manager if there's a yellow triangle on the webcam?
Matt

 

[mmasoud]

Yes I did and it said it was working properly.

 

[Matt77]

Does it have a light that turns on when the camera's active?

 

[mmasoud]

No the light doesn't turn on. I tried testing the camera out on skype and it says that the camera is not found, which seems weird because it used to work and now that I have upgraded it doesn't.

 

[Matt77]

is it active in Flash? Try Chatroulette...

 

[mmasoud]

I don't understand by what you said "Is it active with flash". And if it does not work with oovoo or skype, why would it work with chatroulette and I have tried it and it doesn't work.

 

[Matt77]

Flash can activate your webcam, differently than a dedicated video software would. Check and see if it's enabled in the BIOS.

 

[mmasoud]

Could you tell me step by step where the flash settings are on the BIOS?

Thanks for your help

 

[Matt77]

Ok, enter BIOS (setup menu @ startup,) there should be an option in the "devices" or "components" etc. tabs that says Webcam