Gigabyte G5 Camera Not Working

[Assunta Gergely]

Thelaptop camera not working is common in Windows 10. It could be due to several reasons, such as driver problems, privacy settings restricting camera access, recent system updates, or hardware-related issues.

One of the main reasons your webcam may not function is that it may be missing drivers due to corrupted device drivers or an update. In addition, the software may be outdated or incompatible if you have an external webcam.

Sometimes, you may have a bad laptop camera or external webcam and need to replace it. A damaged camera or cable can prevent the device from working properly, and a faulty webcam driver can also cause issues.

Therefore, to try and get your integrated webcam working again, you have to visit the official website of your device manufacturer and download the latest driver package to get your device drivers up to date.

Device Manager has an option that enables you to uninstall the existing driver of any hardware device and install the previous version of the driver instead. This option exists because the latest drivers can sometimes be faulty.

However, updating your drivers regularly is advisable since newer versions usually improve. If you have recently updated your webcam driver, rolling it back is a good idea since it could be the cause of the problem.

Type reset this pc in the Windows search box. Then, select Reset this PC. Next, click Keep My Files to save your files. Click Next, then select Reset. That will reinstall your operating system.

Hello, I have recently started working with some ESP32S-CAMs. I can not get any code into them. As the boards do not have a programing port we are using a HW-417 serial adapter wired with ground going to ground on the ESP32, VCC going to 5v, Tx going to UnR, Rx going to UnT, and IO0 on the ESP32 CAM going to its own ground. The program is also set to 5 volts. The ESP32 CAM has a 32 gigabyte SD card in it, I know that this could cause issues.

We know the board has power as the light will light up when we press the reset button, but when I plug it into my computer, it will not show up in the Arduino IDE. However it will show up in the USB settings of the computer.

I currently believe our issue is we need to install a board driver to the computer, but I am not sure how to do that.

This is a link to the amazon page where I got them from.

ESP32 Cam Link

If anyone has any input on the situation, or if they have a link to a board driver download and advice on how to install board drivers, that will be appreciated.

Thank You.

Thank you Idahowalker, I was able to get my hands on an FTDI programmer and I wired it the same as before according to various sources. However it still gives me the same error leading me to think that is is an issue with the computer.

I have used an old phone cable i had laying around, by soldering three additional wires (GND, RX, TX) to its PCB. It has a "For ERI T68" sticker and is based on the PL-2303 chip. Guess i got lucky (until i accidentally shifted the three pins on the ESP once - no video since then).

Use a separate power source for the ESP - it could be a battery, an AC/DC adapter (phone charger), or just the GND+VCC wires of a spare USB cable.

Make sure you have the proper driver installed for your programmer.

The ESP-CAM don't need a driver - it interacts with your PC through the programmer.

Plug the ESP32 cam into the FTDI, with the other end plugged into a PC. Check on and select the com port. Open up the Monitor, press the rest button on the ESP32CAM. A message should be displayed about ready for upload. Now upload the sketch.

Not genuine FTDI means that the chip could get bricked when exposed to some bad FTDI driver (FTDIgate).

Also, the picture clearly has FTDI markings, so it's either wrong picture or counterfeit chip.

I didn't wanted to buy a raspi + cam for every printer I own (currently 4) and I had a spare old computer (gigabyte brix nuc-like computer with celeron J1900), so I went to try a setup using it with ubuntu 20.04.2 server and docker environment as I like experimenting.

My idea was to use a powered usb hub and usb cameras, then plug the printer + cameras and have a basic docker server running octoprint/octoprint instances. So basically if I need to have a new printer, I just need to add a container and plug them (printer + associated cam).

There are probably lots of possibilities for this setup for those who know docker and octoprint. So If you are interested and want to have a look, I uploaded the draft of my project on github, I called it octobrix (from octoprint and the gigabyte brix I used to experiment).

You could take advantage of the automatic serial number/udev detection in my scripts here: GitHub - paukstelis/octoprint_deploy: Bash script for rapid deployment of multiple octoprint instance on a single machine

Don't hesitate to give feedback on the issues (other than the outrageous kernel compile time to apply the patch ... I know that and I wish a kernel compilation expert could explain me why my method does not just recompile the uvcvideo part). As far I know you will be the first to have a try.

I am having some issues with my new 2PC 2 monitor 1.4 KVM. I am not getting my refresh rates to work above 60hz but I just bought some FIBBR cables that were recommended in other threads and they should show up today.

I originally had a USB HUB with everything plugged in through my dock to my monitor KVM (M32U) but I was having so many issues with the KVM in the monitor that I opted to switch to an actual KVM. I plugged my HUB into one of the USB 3 Gen 2 ports and they get power, but not seen in the OS.

I then plugged them directly into the Doc and they work and the laptop and they work. The issue is I would like them both to be on the KVM but neither work when connected to the KVM either through USB Hub or directly into the ports.

@wendell, I will try to power cycle it. I am now having an issue with my keyboard not working at my drive decrypt when booting Linux but it works once getting to the login screen. It used to work, but when I was messing around with the ports to see if any of them worked it stopped, so the power cycle may fix that also.

EDIT____ Ignore The below power cycling my Dock got the monitors working again.

With the FIBBR cables from the KVM to the monitors, and my laptop uses the Kingston TB4 Dock (USB C to DP) I am not getting no signal to either monitor.

Are you using usb3 cables from each pc to the kvm? Something about your setup is not making sense. The usb3 ports are a basic usb hub type function. I have never encountered a situation where the keyboard did not work on a usb3 port until the os loads.

What monitor is in the mix here? If its the gigabyte m32u thats a great monitor. Fibbr cables on both aides of the kvm? Doing 120hz or 144? Id start with 120 but 144 is worth trying even if 120 doesnt work because 144 uses dsc.

This is my current setup which uses the 2 PC 2 Display 10Gbit KVM. Desktop to KVM (PC1):

Using two FIBBR Flash 144 2m cables using the Source side into the GPU (3080 TI), and the Display side into the KVM. The above 10 ft Fasgear USB c to c cable from the Mobo to the USB c input on the KVM. Then an audio cable from the audio out of the mobo into the KVM.

Laptop Razer Blade Pro with 3070 (PC2) only needs 60hz:

TB3 from the laptop using TB4 cable plugged into a Kingston TB4 dock. From the dock, I am using two of the TB type C connectors with 2m Uni DP 1.4 type c to DP cables into the KVM. Audio cable from dock to KVM, and the thrid TB type C connection from the dock to the KVM usb c for data.

I am about to try moving the type c data cable from the dock to the extra type c port on my laptop (most the usb issues are with the laptop and the display issues are with the desktop). I will report back if that fixes the mic and webcam while having them plugged into the USB 3.2 ports.

Edit___

Tested the USB C from laptop to KVM bypassing the dock for data only and having the mic and webcam plugged into the USB 3.2 and neither are registered on the laptop which runs Linux, however, they both work flawlessly when bypassing the KVM and plugged directly into the laptop.

What firmware version is on the m32u? I have an m32u and it works at 120/144 here without issue but there was a firmware update for it. I need to also check if there is an eco mode or power save thst can be disabled from the osd.

@wendell, I had a 2nd edit but got distracted and missed hitting the update button. From the laptop I looked up the laptop and it appears that both usb C ports on the laptop are connected although only one is TB3. I switched it to a c to a like you mentioned and now both devices are registered in lsusb and applications are able to see and use them. I might hit the bandwidth limit on that port maybe.

As far as the monitors, I updated them to F10 firmware shortly after I bought them. I looked and see that F11 is out and updated, but that did not appear to fix my issue either. The update put me into Eco picture mode again but I already went back and updated it to Custom1 and made my alterations again. I do not see anything else about power save. I have the monitors set to not turn off and the AMD free sync enabled even though it always says off on both monitors.

Thats very interesting. You might try to power cycle the kbm one more time and retest with the fibr cables. If thst still doesnt worrk email me wendell at level1techs.com and i will setup an rma to test on our crazy cable tester and our gb m32u.

I already tried to do a reinstall of the drivers, but I will try a full removal with reboot and reinstall. I will also try plugging the FIBBR cables from the PC directly into the monitors to see if the GPU is still capable of it for some reason. I will report back after.

Wendell let me RMA my KVM, sent me back a new one with a video showing each port running 4K/120 and 4K/144. After a lot of stuffing around it turned out to be an issue with the Aorus Master 3080Ti. Mine will not go above 4K60 with my Samsung Neo G8 and even 4K60 with 10bit HDR is an issue and all this with FIBBR cables.

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