Hp pavilion dv6 webcam drivers

[S.T.A.R.S.]

so i got a new laptop a few weeks ago and did a clean install of windows to get rid of all the bs hp adds in(100gb of space).

went to use skpye last night and my webcam isnt detected.... figures.
when i was re installing drivers i didnt see any drivers for the cam.

i spent an hour looking around google and the hp support site and found out nothing.

can anyone help me out?

please and thank you.

i also have access to my brothers dv7 which still has factory settings.

[PommieB]

The first thing you should have created was restore disks, I hope you did that.
You need to go onto the HP website and download the missing drivers for your particular note book, as your brother got a driver disk, you might be able to use the cam driver, that's if it the same model and the same driver, I'd try the HP website first. You should have took a note of all non-microsoft drivers on the laptop prior to re-formatting, that way they are easier to find, your lucky you are only missing one driver.

[BigE4u]

DV6 model came with vista i believe, then it should have installed its own generic driver to start using the webcam imediately with skype, yahoo video, etc.

[PommieB]

I would have thought that, my asus didn't need the webcam driver when I updated to win7, but I have noticed web cam drivers available on the HP website, must depend on the webcam being used in the model.

[BigE4u]

What needs to happen is to search for the exact model number of the laptop in question to get the original drivers for that unit, the info should be on the HP sticker on the back side... google works best and more quickly.

Example - hp pavilion dv6-xxxxx drivers

[S.T.A.R.S.]

didnt make backup disc's (i went full ****** on this, and learned from my mistake.)
the driver site for my laptop doesn't have any drivers for the webcam

i spent half the day trying to fix this.

looks like i might have to order recovery discs from hp...

my model # is dv6-6c10us

[BigE4u]

Model number comes up as a win7 machine... instead of the driver for the webcam, have you tried installing the webcam software to use it directly, perhaps that will include the updated driver together as well.

cyberlink youcam - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...18494&sw_lang=

Optional drivers Link - http://www.driverstag.com/hp-pavilio...for-windows-7/

Its too bad you didnt save the SWsetup(drivers) folder thats usually on the HDD, i've seen it many times before working on plenty of HP laptops in the past.

Its also possible that HP never put in a driver originally because win7 put one in by default, they just installed the cyberlink youcam software only for the user to be able to use the installed webcam.

[S.T.A.R.S.]

yes it is windows 7. no haven't tried that yet. trying it now.

my brother has his factory set dv7 laptop, can i use his swsetup folder?

[BigE4u]

If the hardware is different on the DV7, then the SWsetup drivers folder will be useless for your DV6. Now, if its using the same cyberlink youcam webcam, then the driver should work for yours as well.

[S.T.A.R.S.]

its got the same cpu and gpu, mine has a few extra features that his doesn't have.

and yes it uses the same webcam.

edit: installing youcam didnt do it.

[BigE4u]

Since the DV7 has the same webcam, is there a webcam driver(not software app) in the SWsetup folder you can possibly use in the DV6 laptop?

[PommieB]

Tried the website, the file you need probably available there.