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I have a little 3com home connect
it grew mold or something on the imager and etched it
I wiped it off and that completely ruined it.
.... whomever sells that cam now, offhand i forget, has a much better driver
than 3com or the second mfg.
Think 3com cost around $100 way back when,,,,,, just ordered logitech 4000
for $32.00us +11 ship off ebay. Logitech 4000 is had 2 for $100us at one of
the big three computer makers on recent promo's.
"KILOWATT" <kilowatt"nospam"@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Stefan. On my Camera the green led normally flashes very quickly. In
fact
> the flash rate is proportional with the frame rate. The led in fact
> extinguises when a frame was captured. Here on my cam, when the led is
> lighted ON more often then OFF during a blink cycle, it's because the
> computer is slowing down because of another ressource hungry application,
of
> simply because the computer itself is running out of ressources after a
long
> time without rebooting. Normally, the OFF period is longer than the ON
> periods... so i only see very quick flashes.
>
> The different led behaviour on your camera and mine may be simply firmware
> related.. they may had rewritten it before you bought the cam...i don't
> know. Nonetheless, i don't know why the led now flashes instead of staying
> on on your cam. One thing i'm shure of is that small integrated circuits
and
> other small parts, once soldered on a board, are very shock resistent. The
> circuit board would crack before such small parts would be damaged by the
> shock. The only component i'm not shure about it's shock resistance is the
> CCD image sensor itself. What i would do if not already done, is to check
> (or re-check) the board for a cracked section, then look for any broken
> solder joint. Look especially at tall and larges components like
capacitors
> for example. The dynamic inertia when you cam hitted the floor is more
> likely to had acted on such large component and stressed them/their solder
> connections. Dont forget to have a well lighted workplace and a good
> magnifying glass since those breaks are sometimes hard to spot.
>
> The good news is that if you can't find the problem, there's now better
> webcam (like the Quickcam pro 4000) at half the price i've paid (199.99$
> CDN) for the 3-com Home Connect...
Please keep in touch.
> --
> Alain(alias:Kilowatt)
> Montréal Québec
> PS: 1000 excuses for errors or omissions,
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