Yes, my webcam also went out of order some time ago.  :(

When a flashlight was aimed agains it,you could see this
as a very weak light. Otherwise it showed just black noise.

As the PCGA-UVC11A is much cheaper than the spare-part from sony I decided the go for it as other people had reported success.

As I guess that all people need to replace their CCD’s sooner or later I thought it could be of common interest how to do this as smooth as possible

Here is how I did it:
First lift and turn the two rubber buttons on the UVC11A.

Then remove the two screw below, I used a PH000 screwdriver for all screws:

The USB-cable it removed by just pulling the connector out:

Lift the black part upwards:

Released position:

Remove the cable to the CCD-sensor
Remove to the cable to the microphone.

Remove the screw that holds the CCD:

And pull the CCD-out, now your finished with the UVC11A!

Lets start with the TR!

Place the motioneye upward with the screen folded down:

Here is a little trick, there are hooks that keeps the cover in place,
but in one edge there is a hook missing (arrow):

Therefore: to remove the cover, place the motioneye in such angle that
the right part in the picture below is free to slide toward the camera.

Keep the angle of the motion eye and bend up the lower left(picture above) or lower right(picture below) corner.
Simultaneously, slide the cover to right.

Remove the two screws in the picture below:

With your nail, broaden the “crack”:

With some fiddeling the cover can be removed by pushing the cover slightly down, and then up:

These is probably a cable that cover the CCD’s screw.
Remove the screw (red arrow) so that the screw (yellow arrow) that holds the CCD can be removed.

Now raise the flap the same way as on the PCGA-UVC11A:

Old (right) and new (left) CCD:s.

Place and fasten the new CCD

With a plier, place the flexcable into the connector and place the flap back:

The tin-coated pads on the flexfilm should be heading towards you when inserted.
This doesn’t fit nicely but it works!

Place the cover back:

Push the lower part of the cover.

Fasten the two screws:

Slide the cover back (use the same angle as previously)

Your done!

Hopefully this new cam will last longer….

/Bushman

Wow, nice writeup!

Erik

Dude! Great job! And Congrats!

Never enough congrats, so one more time… nice jobs bushman thanks for those great pictures!!!

looking forward to upgrade my “deadCam” lol

Excellent! I’ve made this sticky soothers can find it easier.

Good job man!!

Fantastic stuff - though it’s ruined my morning as I had mine pretty much down to its component parts before I got the bugger out…

Chris :twisted:

Thank you all very much!  :D

The camera works at intended now!

I tore the CCD apart, but I was unable to see any manufacturer information on CCD-chip.

The CCD-module is also only an IC with a lens and a flexi-PCB,
no other components whatsoever, so it’s absolutely impossible to repair it.

/Bushman

but i am wondering if the LCD is really bad or if it’s a driver problem. here is what happened to me. i reinstalled XP pro using update methoud instead of full install on a Tr3 with XP home. Then it all worked but:
mem stick
touchpad
At this point the camera was fine. i even took a picture and saved it.
Then after running live update (i hate that thing) and reinstalling drivers for
mem stick
touchpad
camera (i think that was the stupic part)
all i get from the webcam is black noise, but, here is what happened:
i pressed the cam button, the screen came up normal, but before i could snap a picture, it went black fuzzzy.

so, this says to me that either it was a freak of nature and the LCD went out at that precise moment, or the lcs that now appears dead, IS NOT. and it’s a software problem.

this is something for all to consider (as i am sure the lcds cost big bucks), are the dead cameras software of hardware, and how can we tell?

yours in nepal
jiggy with a labrat TR3, barely functional

[quote author=“jiggy”]i pressed the cam button, the screen came up normal, but before i could snap a picture, it went black fuzzzy.

If you are seeing black noise the driver is most likely working, and the CCD-sensor not. Analog noise is hardly generated by a bad driver.

Things that breaks during startup isn’t at all uncommon.

Quick test:
Try to aim a flashlight against the lens.
If you see the (weak) light, then the cam is most likely broken.

/Bushman

Bushman, thx, failed the test so i downloaded the driver for the TR3ap1 and now the camera works…go figure…
jigs

Hi there… funny, Ive just downloaded skype in order to test the video feature. Its been a long time since ive been using the built in webcam of
my tr3a.

Its been working fine. After 5 mins my friend started to see black noise.
As i closed all aplications and opened the smart network capture to see myself i couldn believe it. BLACK NOISE.

As I turned the cam towards my lamp I saw it become ...hm lets say lighter…

I was turning the cam, shaking, snipping on it, afted 5 minutes it begann to work fine again… hopefully it will work for a while…

However, that is why i got to that thread and I must say its a great discription of how to change the cam… guess in time I will have to get back to it…

Excellent write-up man!

Thanks Bushman for great and useful post!..I have finished my replacement today and the motion eye finally is working again
I follow your instructions and it was quite easy, but I found more easy to insert the flex cable into the board connector before secure it to the motion eye case; about this, the flex cable should be inserted with some pressure to assure good contact ( my first attempts were wrong because of this). Thanks again Bushman!!

hi all   THE REASON OF MOTION EYE death is bad socket !!! ..  it difficult to fix   , but the reason is socket ! check

Must agree with nixmac (my cable had worked loose and being in the UK sourcing a UVC-11 is impossible without paying major $$ to import from US). Took laptop apart played with board and with a bit of shaking around got it working. it now cuts out occassionally but shaking again restores. Think i need to get the lock tight out at some point .

Anyone need advise on how i got it going let me know

thanks….