Originally bought a Lenovo Ideapad S 300 with Windows 8. Never got it to operate properly, it wouldn't update, and eventually I gave up, uninstalled Windows 8 and installed Windows 7 Professional. It has since operated without difficulty except the built-in webcam does not work (It did work under Windows 8). Have read all the forums I can find dealing with Ideapad S 300 webcams but to no avail. It appears to be dead, not even pressing Fn+Esc will turn the webcam indicator light on/off. What particularly puzzles me is that Device Manager shows Lenovo EasyCam installed and reported to be working correctly but the driver is shown to be Microsoft Version 6.1.7601.18208. If I uninstall the driver and reinstall the Lenovo Windows 7 64 bit driver it still shows that only the Microsoft driver is installed.
Could this be the cause of the problem? Any advice on what I should do to get the webcam working? Regards
Could this be the cause of the problem? Any advice on what I should do to get the webcam working? Regards