http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/suyin Questions tagged with 'suyin' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:32:36 -0800 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:32:36 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/79683/Acer%2DCrystal%2DEye%2Dgoes%2Dblind What is going on with my Acer Crystal Eye webcam? It suddenly died and won't revive again. I have an Acer TravelMate 6291 laptop that's only a few months old, running Windows Vista (Home, 32-bit). It has an in-built Crystal Eye webcam and accompanying software, which I used regularly. <br> <br> About a week ago I was using Skype when the webcam suddenly died. Yesterday I tried using it again, and I got a Camera Not Found error. After Googling and looking up Acer's help for answers (most of which applied to other laptops and were in other languages), I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers many, many times. I even tried the trick of emptying my Pictures folder.<br> <br> Once in that whole mess did the webcam work again. But only once. Now, even though I have the correct drivers installed and it shows up on Device Manager, when I try to load the webcam app I get the following error messages:<br> <br> HR: 80040217<br> <br> followed by<br> <br> Camera is busy!<br> <br> And then the program shuts down.<br> <br> What am I missing? Is my webcam forever buggered? I've tried updating the drivers (Suyin) via Windows but it says it's up to date. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.79683 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:32:36 -0800 acer camera crystaleye dead suyin travelmate travelmate6291 troubleshooting vista webcam windows divabat