I've got a 2011 13-inch MacBook Air running OS X 10.8.2.
Okay, so this started yesterday when I was on Photo Booth. The camera just froze, and 'Heatsink B' shot up to 88ºC and had the fans going at 6500rpm.
After an hour or so, the whole thing calmed down and everything appeared to be working...except the camera and ambient light sensor.
So far, I've identified that it is a system-wide problem. The camera isn't working on a variety of programs (Skype, FaceTime, PhotoBooth), nor is it working on the a guest user account (FaceTime, PhotoBooth). Also, it isn't being recognised by System Information. It just...isn't there.
I've restarted multiple times, and also reset the SMC and the PRAM. It seems as though it's a hardware problem, so really I have two questions about it:
1) How much, do you think, it'll cost to fix?
2) Do you have any additional tips to get the camera working?
Thanks.
Okay, so this started yesterday when I was on Photo Booth. The camera just froze, and 'Heatsink B' shot up to 88ºC and had the fans going at 6500rpm.
After an hour or so, the whole thing calmed down and everything appeared to be working...except the camera and ambient light sensor.
So far, I've identified that it is a system-wide problem. The camera isn't working on a variety of programs (Skype, FaceTime, PhotoBooth), nor is it working on the a guest user account (FaceTime, PhotoBooth). Also, it isn't being recognised by System Information. It just...isn't there.
I've restarted multiple times, and also reset the SMC and the PRAM. It seems as though it's a hardware problem, so really I have two questions about it:
1) How much, do you think, it'll cost to fix?
2) Do you have any additional tips to get the camera working?
Thanks.