We live in exciting times when what recently wrote fiction, literally "in front of" becoming a reality.Remember the wonderful film "Back to the Future"?In it the main character with the help of a special device can not only communicate with the voice of his friend, but also to see the image on the screen.Those who did not catch the beginning of the emergence of affordable mobile phones, are unlikely to understand, I felt an adult at the time, changing your disk or touch-tone telephone to a mobile device.Now a similar process occurs in the video.Everyone can feel like a real M. McFly from the above movie.You only have to connect to a global network, a special video camera, a computer system and management software.
Unfortunately, sometimes computer owners are faced with the fact that not working webcam.Accordingly, a high-grade video conferencing can not be considered.However, if you are not running a web camera, you should not immediately with a laptop computer or go to the repair shop.In most cases it is possible to solve this problem on their own, saving their own time and money.
There are many reasons because of which is not working webcam.At the same time all of them can be divided into two categories: hardware (physical fault) and software.Let us examine them in detail.
One difference between a personal computer (PC) from the modern full-sized notebook - is the presence in the latter built for video conferencing solutions.A small "eye", located just above the screen - this is the objective.When not working webcam on the laptop, then start checking should oversee the process to initialize.Next to the "eye" there is always a small LED: it lights up when the laptop "refers" to the camera.We need to start Skype and proceed to "Tools - Options - Video Settings."If the test does not, and the LED lights up, then, alas, most likely, will have to contact the service center.Although, of course, there were occasions when children felt pen paints the "eye" and parents do not immediately notice.They were quite fun, so suddenly, for no apparent reason, the camera has stopped working on a laptop.So, check the LED status.
next common reason why is not working webcam - a violation in the connecting loop.It is a "bundle" of wires from the camera to the main board.Even a slight breach of contact - and video is not working.On the PC, the camera in the form of a separate device that connects to the port USB.If you have problems you can try to turn the string "webcam" in another free slot.
Some laptop owners do not know what is the button «Fn».It is the prerogative of portable computers.Pressing a combination of Fn + F (1-12), you can use any function that empower.For example, Fn + F10 (sometimes F6) is blocking access to the camera.A significant part of contacting a service center is due to accidental pressing combinations «Fn».Solution: read the instructions on the use of combinations of buttons, including a webcam.
main program "problem" - the lack of a device driver.To the camera running, the operating system must be installed control software (driver).It can be downloaded from the laptop manufacturer, in his search for the specified model.If a laptop computer was given drive, the driver may be on it.
