help. Isight broken?

[smattmul]

I have one of the new iMacs and the isight shows only black in photo-booth and records for 5 seconds and then stops without ever saving a file.

I heard some were having a problem but my isight worked to take several videos and pictures

I have tried to turn off and unplug for 10 minutes and still does not work

What should i do? THanks for you time.

 

[johto]

Try creating another user account and check if the problem persists. If it works ok on another account, then its somthing to do with your current account and isight settings.

 

[smattmul]

It works on another account, can you tell me what preferences to reset?

thanks again

 

[JunBug119]

my macbook exhibited the same thing after i did some software update: no video but audio was present. i remember resetting the PRAM or SMC and it worked after that. i just don't remember which one exactly i reset.

 

[smattmul]

any chance for a quick tutorial, pram is mentioned several times and i do not know how to reset?

 

[JunBug119]

resetting PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379

 

[smattmul]

screwy, i held down Option+Command+R+P

and it jsut rest my computer in a continous cycle, the third start sound i let go

The isight did not show a picture in photo booth, still black.

It worked before,
and reseting the p-ram,
also attempted to unplug the hole imac

I think I am looking for some setting for isight page I can not find.

isight setting - ??? cuz i turned it off ?

 

[merl1n]

screwy, i held down Option+Command+R+P

and it jsut rest my computer in a continous cycle, the third start sound i let go

The isight did not show a picture in photo booth, still black.

It worked before,
and reseting the p-ram,
also attempted to unplug the hole imac

I think I am looking for some setting for isight page I can not find.

isight setting - ??? cuz i turned it off ?

Do an SMC reset.

 

[smattmul]

please tell me the SMC reset steps. i found it to be the unplug method in my research

 

[smattmul]

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/smattmul/NewAlbum518081125AM/photo#5201740216445401842"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/smattmul/SDBLKrcXevI/AAAAAAAAAEU/hQ1SVt8RUp8/s144/IMG_0166.JPG" /></a>

 

[merl1n]

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303446

 

[smattmul]

thanks guys,

it was the eyetv program that was running