Wednesday, March 14, 2012

ASUS A52F Built-in Camera Malfunction


My brother approached me to fix his upside down LifeFrame webcam image. There are already threads about this issue on Google, but most didn't offer a solution. After much trial and error, I arrived at this solution:

Step 1. Download camera driver on the Asus Download Site.

1.1: Search by full or partial model name, then select your model from the search result. (e.g. A52F)

1.2: Select OS (e.g. Windows 7 64bit)

To find out which version of OS you're using, go to Start > Control Panel > System and Security > System.

1.3: Under "Camera", find the right camera driver.

Open Device Manager > Choose "USB 2.0... WebCam" under "Imaging devices" and right click to go to "Properties" > Click "Detail", choose "Hardware Ids" in "Property" and find the PID number in "Value". According to the PID number and the model name, you can find the right driver. (e.g. Chicony Camera Driver HardwareID=USB\Vid_04f2&Pid_b1E5&MI_00

1.4: There are 3 download servers available on ASUS Download Site - Global, China and P2P. Each server provides exact the same content no matter where you download from, except for the speed which you are connected to.

Step 2. Locate the file you have downloaded and extract. To extract the entire contents of the compressed folder, right-click the folder, click Extract All, and then follow the instructions.

Step 3. Open or Run the installation file (e.g. PNPINST64). To install, double-click the file and follow the instructions on your screen.

Step 4. Restart the computer if prompted.

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