Please guys, i need just a little help here. Running Windows 21H2 build 22000.469
Yes I've flipped the switch [on the side of the laptop]
This HP Spectre 15-eb1*** has NO camera in Device Manager. NO imaging device except a printer. There is no "Camera" category in Device Manager. I have exposed all hidden devices, and run down the ones that were cryptic and none of those devices is a camera. I know where the physical switch is and flipped it. I do not know if the switch itself is good:: the only indication is a simple cam icon that is either clear when you flip "on", or slashed when switch "off". There is no cam LED lit. all camera settings in "Settings" are promiscuous. There is no virus nor antivirus problem. The system is lightly used, no iffy programs or services. There are no settings in BIOS camera-related.
The BIOS is updated to the latest: when I first started working on it, it had the immediate predecessor BIOS.
I have no way of knowing what device [mftr, HW ID, anything] is SUPPOSED to be there, because HP only lists Windows 10 versions [3] and one entry for Windows 11: NONE OF which show a camera driver anywhere in the stack of drivers, so it is possible that it is aggregated under some other driver install package but nothing in the descriptions even hints at such.
I have working examples of HP's with CAmeras working, and one is Generic [that is, using a basic MS driver] and the other is Realtek. I can force-load those drivers but no devices found. It smells like a BIOS issue, but I have had this same sort of mystery with BT radios a number of times: NO clue anywhere to the device's existence UNTIL the device install package is found and run, then it appears.
If you have a Spectre laptop could you please post the Driver detail?
Yes I've flipped the switch [on the side of the laptop]
This HP Spectre 15-eb1*** has NO camera in Device Manager. NO imaging device except a printer. There is no "Camera" category in Device Manager. I have exposed all hidden devices, and run down the ones that were cryptic and none of those devices is a camera. I know where the physical switch is and flipped it. I do not know if the switch itself is good:: the only indication is a simple cam icon that is either clear when you flip "on", or slashed when switch "off". There is no cam LED lit. all camera settings in "Settings" are promiscuous. There is no virus nor antivirus problem. The system is lightly used, no iffy programs or services. There are no settings in BIOS camera-related.
The BIOS is updated to the latest: when I first started working on it, it had the immediate predecessor BIOS.
I have no way of knowing what device [mftr, HW ID, anything] is SUPPOSED to be there, because HP only lists Windows 10 versions [3] and one entry for Windows 11: NONE OF which show a camera driver anywhere in the stack of drivers, so it is possible that it is aggregated under some other driver install package but nothing in the descriptions even hints at such.
I have working examples of HP's with CAmeras working, and one is Generic [that is, using a basic MS driver] and the other is Realtek. I can force-load those drivers but no devices found. It smells like a BIOS issue, but I have had this same sort of mystery with BT radios a number of times: NO clue anywhere to the device's existence UNTIL the device install package is found and run, then it appears.
If you have a Spectre laptop could you please post the Driver detail?
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Windows 11
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP
- CPU
- i5
- Memory
- 12GB
- Other Info
- the HP laptop will soon be punted