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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
My Sony Vaio VGN-120C has a built-in camera camera called 'Motion Eye'.Even since I installed vista x64, the camera is useless as Sony does not make a 64 bit driver for it. Does anyone know who the underlying manufacturer of this camera is so I can hopefully track down the right driver for it thanks alot..would like to get this thing working finally! -- colt22 |
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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
colt22 wrote:
My Sony Vaio VGN-120C has a built-in camera camera called 'Motion Eye'.Even since I installed vista x64, the camera is useless as Sony does not make a 64 bit driver for it. Does anyone know who the underlying manufacturer of this camera is so I can hopefully track down the right driver for it thanks alot..would like to get this thing working finally! The Motion Eye camera is a Sony product. If Sony does not support x64, you are completely, totally out of luck. There is no solution, AFIK. Your only solution is to reinstall the original OS from either the Recovery Partition, or from the Recovery CDs/DVD. Sorry. Q |
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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
I could not find your specific model number on the Sony support site.
However, according the the Sony site Sony does not recommend Windows Vista on the VGN line. The website says (I use another model in this line that is listed), "Sony does not recommend or support installation of the Windows Vista Operating System with the VGN-A130 VAIO® computer." "This decision is based on test results generated by installing and using the Windows Vista operating system on a VGN-A130. These results did not meet our standards for basic functionality and support. Therefore, Sony will not release Windows Vista compatible drivers for this model." Models in this line date from 2003. Restore XP to the computer to use the feature you are seeking. The manufacturer of the camera would not have written Vista drivers for the device either. "colt22" wrote in message ... My Sony Vaio VGN-120C has a built-in camera camera called 'Motion Eye'.Even since I installed vista x64, the camera is useless as Sony does not make a 64 bit driver for it. Does anyone know who the underlying manufacturer of this camera is so I can hopefully track down the right driver for it thanks alot..would like to get this thing working finally! -- colt22 |
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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
"colt22" wrote in message
... My Sony Vaio VGN-120C has a built-in camera camera called 'Motion Eye'.Even since I installed vista x64, the camera is useless as Sony does not make a 64 bit driver for it. Sony have the choice of paying for development to extend the life of your old product or not paying for development of new drivers and hopefully you will go and buy a new Sony product that is compatible. Option A costs them money, option B could make them money. I wonder what option they will choose?!! |
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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
FYI: I have a VAIO VGN-CS215J. I upgraded to Vista Ultimate for business reasons. When you change the pre-installed operating system there is no driver available for your Motion Eye webcam. Here is the support chat: Jimmy_ Hi Matt. Welcome to Sony Online Support. I’m Jimmy. Please allow me a moment to review your concern. Jimmy_ Thanks for waiting, Matt. I'm sorry for the inconvenience you are experiencing as the Camera is not working with the Notebook. I’ll be happy to assist you with this concern. Jimmy_ May I ask some question to find the cause and resolve the issue? Thank you. Matt Yes please Jimmy_ As per the information available online, your Computer is supplied with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium as the Operating System and it is also compatible with the Windows XP Operating System. Jimmy_ Have you changed the preinstalled Operating System to any other Vista versions? Matt Yes - I bought the computer yesterday. Upgraded to Vista Ultimte this morning. Jimmy_ I'm sorry to inform you that Sony Computers are designed specifically to work with the Sony OEM version of Windows with which they are shipped. Jimmy_ *The Applications and Drivers that shipped with the computer are designed for use with the Sony pre-installed OEM Vista version of Windows only. They may not work under the retail Windows Vista Ultimate environment.*Matt I need Vista Ultimate for business reasons. Is there any other option for this webcam and the OS I am running? Jimmy_ *Furthermore, at this moment we are not supporting the upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate for this model of Notebook as none of the Vista Ultimate Drivers are released by Sony till date.* -- Matt Danger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Danger's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/matt-danger.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/919218.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
You should allways check that drivers are available, before upgrading the
o/s, particularly if its a large OEM pc/Laptop - and of course it may invalidate any warranty or support "Matt Danger" wrote in message ... FYI: I have a VAIO VGN-CS215J. I upgraded to Vista Ultimate for business reasons. When you change the pre-installed operating system there is no driver available for your Motion Eye webcam. Here is the support chat: Jimmy_ Hi Matt. Welcome to Sony Online Support. I'm Jimmy. Please allow me a moment to review your concern. Jimmy_ Thanks for waiting, Matt. I'm sorry for the inconvenience you are experiencing as the Camera is not working with the Notebook. I'll be happy to assist you with this concern. Jimmy_ May I ask some question to find the cause and resolve the issue? Thank you. Matt Yes please Jimmy_ As per the information available online, your Computer is supplied with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium as the Operating System and it is also compatible with the Windows XP Operating System. Jimmy_ Have you changed the preinstalled Operating System to any other Vista versions? Matt Yes - I bought the computer yesterday. Upgraded to Vista Ultimte this morning. Jimmy_ I'm sorry to inform you that Sony Computers are designed specifically to work with the Sony OEM version of Windows with which they are shipped. Jimmy_ *The Applications and Drivers that shipped with the computer are designed for use with the Sony pre-installed OEM Vista version of Windows only. They may not work under the retail Windows Vista Ultimate environment.*Matt I need Vista Ultimate for business reasons. Is there any other option for this webcam and the OS I am running? Jimmy_ *Furthermore, at this moment we are not supporting the upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate for this model of Notebook as none of the Vista Ultimate Drivers are released by Sony till date.* -- Matt Danger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Danger's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/matt-danger.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/919218.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
Got it working. Finally. Windows 7 beta, 64x The "motion eye" is actually a ricoh device. Found a 64 that works. email: ricoh @ ralphg.com and I'll give you a link to the files. -- frickinnoob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ frickinnoob's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/frickinnoob.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/919218.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
See my post here for more info: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...es/1135698.htm -- frickinnoob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ frickinnoob's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/frickinnoob.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/919218.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
Got my motion eye working under Win7 64x. Link below for the drivers. I have the Vaio SZ650n/c, and all but a few keyboard hotkeys are working. The volume hotkeys work by default with win7. (maybe in hardware) Brightness is available by right-clicking the battery indicator (by clock) or by running "windows mobility center". Also, low level sony stuff in 64x is available he http://www.vaio-link.com/os/vista/64bit/ (only works with firefox for me) For my SZ650, I had to install the SFEP and SPIC drivers to clear device manager. I could not find hot key drivers in 64x. Motion eye (Ricoh) drivers he http://www.ralphg.com/public/ -- frickinnoob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ frickinnoob's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/78558.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/919218.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Sony Laptops: 'Motion Eye' camera
I used the drivers for my VGN-SZ680 running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Thanks, Ralph. I have been searching like crazy. -- jawhitmoyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jawhitmoyer's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/110874.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/919218.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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