[larrinski]

I am running the Core Duo 20" imac with 10.4.8.

I have recently did a fresh install and the first time I launched photobooth, my isight camera went dark, really dark. It is still working and the little green light is on. If I shine a light on the camera, I can see the light, however it is no good for taking pictures. It is dark in delicious library as well. I have rebooted, zapped the pram, removed the photobooth preference .plist.

The apple discussion boards seem to show a common theme of this happening. No obvious solution though.

Any ideas?
Cheers

[larrinski]

Bump. Any ideas here?

[arng1]

Originally Posted by larrinski 

Bump. Any ideas here?

If you had boot camp installed before you reinstalled OSX, that might be the problem. I had a similar problem and when I reinstalled boot camp the isight worked fine. It had something to do with firmware and boot camp working together or something.

[larrinski]

No bootcamp here... Thanks though

[No Time 4 Love Dr. Jones]

It's happened to me a couple of times. Both times, I unplugged the power cord from the wall, pressed the power button to discharge any residual electricity and the plugged it back in and booted. Came right back to life.

[larrinski]

Originally Posted by No Time 4 Love Dr. Jones 

It's happened to me a couple of times. Both times, I unplugged the power cord from the wall, pressed the power button to discharge any residual electricity and the plugged it back in and booted. Came right back to life.

Thanks for the great tip. That worked perfect!