Lenovo Ideapad S340: Integrated Camera not working after trying F8, LEnovo Vantage and Device Manager changes

Anonymous
2020-03-03T16:05:05+00:00

Hi community. After reading some members having similar issue, I have tried some of the suggested fixes, such as activating camera through F8 (nothing happened), Checking Privacy and Permissions setting in Lenovo Vantage app (all ok), and also in Device Manager I tried Updating Drivers, Disabling/Enabling camera, Un-installing and Re-installing camera. 

I have then removed Lenovo Vantage app.

No success. I tried the camera app and Skype, and still getting just a black screen instead of the camera view.

Appreciate any help with this issue.

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Anonymous
2021-12-29T20:52:59+00:00

Did EVERY GD thing and finally - the resolution was the BIOS update. Camera is now working. Lenovo is Chinese junk.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-03T16:11:41+00:00

    Have you tried different F keys as well, and Fn or Vantage +F8?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-24T18:36:47+00:00

    Have not been able to get camera to work since purchasing a couple of months ago. On a fluke I hit Ctrl+F8 while the camera app was up and it worked...

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-03T16:43:34+00:00

    You could go to device manager, you find it under right click on start, and uninstall the camera. Than restart the laptop, Windows will find the uninstalled hardware and install it, as well as its driver. It is like a reset, but just for one device on the laptop.

    If the driver which Lenovo supplied to Microsoft is not working, we could try an older driver, or they might have a newer on their site. We could look.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-03T16:22:17+00:00

    Thanks Dumba_M3. I did try it, no effect. Actually, Lenovo Vantage app indicates that the camera is ON and with proper privacy and permissions settings. When I try F8 (or Fn+F8) it does NOT toggle the camera on and off. I thought it should do that...

    Appreciate your help !

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