"zoom" setting from within "Adjust LifeCam advanced settings" menu, it flipped the picture upside down (so now my head is bottom up). The MS LifeCam came to life and so I started to explore the possibilities of this new purchase using the downloaded software (MS LifeCam S/W). I followed the guide and all went butter smooth. Good luck all, and I hope this helps someone.I recently purchased this LifeCam Cinema HB. While trying all kinds of drivers and re installs (which doesn't work as we all know by now). Know how much time I've wasted on these camera's in the past (even saw this post back then), Normally I don't resurrect old posts but I This topic in the future while searching for a solution). I Posted in this old thread hoping to help out others with the same issue (and those who find
Or two seconds and then move on to the next section. Hot air temp that I used: 350 degrees C for a short reflow, when the solder melts just wait one On it does NOT need to be re-flowed and can/will even get damaged when doing so). You will only need to reflow the main board, the secondary board is just fine (the one with the CMOS Just switches or hangs in flash mode when this defect rises (a lot of equipment identifies itselfĭifferently than they normally do over USB when it is in flash (firmware update) mode).īasic Hot Air tips: COVER THE PLASTIC connectors with some (thick) metal shielding OR THEY WILL MELT! You should use a decent Hot air soldering station, so this "fix" will not apply for most common usersīut this is THE fix though. Soldering iron since some continuity tests didn't measured very well.Īnd indeed there are/where soldering flaws on the board.Īfter reflow (just with hot air only!) the the camera started working again! :D DO NOT use the "In-The-Oven-Technique" since this will only destroy your board and connectors! This isn't the case at all!Īfter doing several measurements I've just took the guess to reflow the board with a hot air
I was already counting on not finding the issue (because I've expected faulty firmware or a EEPROMĮrror in the Camera). I had by now TWO non functional Microsoft Life Cam's both with the same problem.Īnd during some spare time I decided to measure all the components (just for the sake of it), and
Internet (and since this is nearly the first result on Google), I decided to post 'the solution' here. I know that this tread is over 6 years old by now but since there isn't any decent solution on the
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