02-05-2008, 01:16 PM

It comes on at boot up. It stays on but the camera isn't working. just giving a solid black screen.

01-24-2011, 02:09 PM

Yea, mine is on all the time, even when asleep. I reset the smc and that worked for about two weeks...now it is on all the time and can't use it with ipoker, for example. Any help/ideas welcome.

01-24-2011, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by space_invader64

It comes on at boot up. It stays on but the camera isn't working. just giving a solid black screen.

Try resetting the SMC

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

- Simon

01-24-2011, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Buzzard2010

Try resetting the SMC

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

- Simon

Like I said, I tried resetting the smc and that worked for a couple of weeks, and now resetting it doesn't do anything. I have also shut down, unplugged everything, and so on, nothing seems to help. When I tried using photo booth, or anything else, it says another application is using isight, which is not true.

Any other ideas? Thanks,

Greg

01-24-2011, 06:14 PM

Have a look at your startup items located in System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items. Minus everything in there that you can, that way you will be able to find out if another program is using it on startup.

- Simon

01-25-2011, 02:48 PM

Thanks Simon,

None of the log-in items are checked (hide), but simply by doing what you said, the camera light went off! Is that weird or what?

Greg

01-25-2011, 03:01 PM

Well, the light is off, but the camera isn't working and still get message from photo booth that another application is using it, but no idea which.

Any more suggestions?

Thanks

Greg

ps: I did minus out some items in login

01-25-2011, 03:57 PM

Have a look at this kb article Trouble Shooting ~ iSight Then get back to us

There has been 2 things mentioned in the thread to try, so go and do a full trouble shooting and post back . . . This would be quicker than trying 1 thing at a timw through the thread

Cheers

01-26-2011, 01:18 PM

I tried all this: 1. See if the issue is application-specific.
Try another application (iSight works with applications like iChat, PhotoBooth, and iMovie HD 6) to see if the iSight camera exhibits the same behavior in all applications. If it only happens in one application, try reinstalling that application.
2. See if the issue is user-specific.
Test your iSight camera in another user account. If the issue only occurs in one user, the issue would be isolated to user settings.
3. Find out if the computer recognizes the iSight
Check System Profiler (in the Utilities folder, inside the Applications folder). Under the USB header, check to see if the iSight camera is detected.
4. Reset SMC or PMU
Reset your computer's SMC or PMU, and then check System Profiler again. (SMC reset instructions for iMac G5 (iSight), Intel-based iMacs; PMU reset instructions for MacBook and MacBook Pro.)
Built-in iSight:

Version: 1.84
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Micron
Product ID: 0x8501
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)


Light is still on and camera not working...guess I will have to take it in for repair.