Dell 1525 Snow Leopard 10.6 Webcam Not working with Ichat, Photo Booth

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Hello I've been searching for a fix to my webcam issues with no success. I have a dell 1525 and 1545 , both computers are running snow leopard 10.6

 

I can't get the webcam to work. I launch photo booth and get a black screen. My blue light indicating webcam turns on but no video. On the 1545 is the same issue, video is not showing up. Everything else seems to be working fine. The funny thing is that at one point it was all working but I'm not sure why or when it all stop working. here are some specs....

 

Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 1.73 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 1 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Bus Speed: 533 MHz

Boot ROM Version: MBP31.88Z.0070.B02.0706181323

 

Chipset Model: GMA X3100

Type: GPU

Bus: Built-In

VRAM (Total): 144 MB

Vendor: Intel (0x8086)

Device ID: 0x2a02

Revision ID: 0x000c

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1280 x 800

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Built-In: Yes

Display Connector:

Status: No Display Connected

 

Laptop Integrated Webcam:

 

Product ID: 0x2640

Vendor ID: 0x05a9 (OmniVision Technologies, Inc.)

Version: 1.00

Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec

Manufacturer: OmniVision Technologies, Inc. -2640-07.07.20.3

Location ID: 0x1a100000

Current Available (mA): 500

Current Required (mA): 500

 

 

Thank you in advance !

 

 

Ok Update:

 

Camera (Webcam) is now working. I had to re-install snow leopard 10.6 , after that I only installed microsoft office 2008, and Ilife. Didn't install skype, adium, Iwork and didnt doo any updates. I think somewhere along the line something messes up the usb driver.. Will continue to update!!

 

Tutorial bellow

 

http://macyourpc.com/2009/09/13/mac-os-x-1...oot-132-method/

 

Installed adium no problem as of yet. Haven't installed skype no updates