My motion eye camera is now black like everyone’s elses and have a question:
Is it possible to check the power source to the camera to be sure it is “on”? I have checked everything that has been mentioned as a solution with no luck but have not gone to reformatting (which I really don’t want to do especially if it doesn’t get the camera to work.)
My camera is just totally black - no wavy lines, not white, not nothing which makes me wonder if it is getting power.
What’s funny is my VAIO webcam PCGA-UVC10 also got ‘the Black Motion Eye’ virus and shows no image! I know it powers up but there is no picture. As far as I know it shares the same hardware as TR notebooks.
The saga continues….....
[quote author=“VAIOfreak”]What’s funny is my VAIO webcam PCGA-UVC10 also got ‘the Black Motion Eye’ virus and shows no image! I know it powers up but there is no picture. As far as I know it shares the same hardware as TR notebooks.
The saga continues….....
Did you try it on more then one PC?
At least yours (ours) is removable, so we can do further tests.
[quote author=“tifosiv122”]
Did you try it on more then one PC?
At least yours (ours) is removable, so we can do further tests.
I am gonna try it on my other VAIOs and see if it works…. I just tried using it on my GRX with MSN and Network Smart Capture - no go…. I connected my other VAIO webcam PCGA-VC2 and it worked just fine. So I will let ya know, Erik if it works on Z1 or X505.
Stan
Been reading through these posts as my PCG-TR1MP has just started showing a white screen when I press the capture button. I first noticed it as I was in the process of telling someone how pleased I was with the computer in general & how few problems i’d had with it!! :?
Regarding the long standing Hardware/Software query… from this link to http://www.vaio-link.com......
..... you can see that Sony seems to definateley consider the white screen problem as a “Hardware issue”. With a statement like this on their support site they could hardly then argue that that the problem is software related!
Think I’ll buy a clip on USB camera….sounds like a lot less hassle (and potentially expense) then sending the machine off for repair only to then have it crap out again 12-18 months later!
[quote author=“Drachen”]I think it’s pretty well established at this point that it’s a hardware issue. The symptoms are consistant over a broad range of users and even a few full restores won’t solve the problem. In theory, your warrantee should absolutely cover this issue. My experience with Sony support is that you will be fighting them tooth and nail to convince them it’s not a software issue. (a store warrantee may be less of an issue) I don’t think Sony has a no-bad-pixel policy, so they won’t replace just the LCD. if you send it in on the camera issue, who knows what will be replaced…
Sony already has no-bad-pixel policy. At least San Diego is honoring it. If it bugs you, they will replace it. My T350 got hairy one day. A long hair got underneath the glass and the sony guy was speculating that it is an “arc” of bad pixels and I’ve told him to shove his knowledge up his arse and create the event. They’ve replaced the whole ASSY and stated “bad pixels” on the invoice).
[quote author=“emiisdev”]Sony has admitted a problem with some of their lower end CCD cameras. I wonder if this is directly related to the failure of our TR camera?
It’s probably worth pointing out that a couple of parts of these instructions apply only to people who are replacing both the CCD and the attached circuit boards with a Sony replacement BCX-U7 part. Anyone who bought the UGC11a camera and is cannibalising the parts from it will only be replacing the CCD, not the circuit boards.
and shows no image! I know it powers up but there is no picture. As far as I know it shares the same hardware as TR notebooks. 
