iSight Camera Replacement

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iSight Camera Replacement

Hello,
I need to replace my iSight camera. It has died. I tried zapping the pram, using another user account, repaired permissions, etc. It is dead. Has anyone here replaced their camera? I have replaced the hard drive and memory which was fairly easy. I am looking for a tutorial if anyone is aware of one. Thank you.

Gilbert Martinez

MacBook 2Ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Aug 12, 2010 9:33 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 12, 2010 10:30 PM in response to Gilbert Martinez

Did you try resetting the SMC?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

And ifixit.com is generally the best place to get parts and instructions like what you're looking for.

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Answer 2

Adam White

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Aug 12, 2010 10:32 PM in response to Gilbert Martinez

Not to rain on your efforts, but if my iSight camera stopped working, I think I would just go ahead and get an external webcam and use either the USB or FW port.
As far as tutorial, I think if you tried youtube and searched you would probably find something to help you.

Adam

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Answer 3

EZ Jim

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Aug 13, 2010 7:55 AM in response to Gilbert Martinez

It sounds like you have tried several good ideas, but may have missed some relevant suggestions from:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090

If your iSight problem still occurs in more than one app and more than one user account, the reset suggested there often restores proper function of inbuilt iSight.

However, if your built-in iSight still does not work after carefully following all the suggestions in the "How to Troubleshoot iSight" article, and if iSight does not show as a USB hardware device in your Mac's System Profiler utility, yours is most likely a hardware problem. In that case, contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service.

If you do not want to have it serviced by an AASP, the suggestion to use an alternative camera is a good one. For some info on the alternatives see:

http://www.mac-compatible-web-cam.com/

or this User Tip: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2018211

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