Did EVERY GD thing and finally - the resolution was the BIOS update. Camera is now working. Lenovo is Chinese junk.
Lenovo Ideapad S340: Integrated Camera not working after trying F8, LEnovo Vantage and Device Manager changes
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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
2021-11-27T12:37:48+00:00 I finally solved the issue by uninstalling the manufacturer driver and allowing windows to install a windows driver.
When uninstalling, just check delete the driver and scan for hardware changes to allow windows to install the camera.
Then, you can enable or disable the camera using F8.
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Anonymous
2021-11-27T06:02:36+00:00 Hi, I'm having the same issue. It's been months that I wasn't able to use my camera app on my laptop. When I open the camera app, it shows nothing other than all black screen. I already tried installing new drivers, uninstalling the camera app, updating my laptop, using Lenovo vantage, and F8 key but nothing worked for me. I've been looking up for some solutions but nothing changed. So, please someone help me fix my camera. Thank you.
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Anonymous
2021-11-22T02:13:11+00:00 i tried installing the previous driver from 2019 and that didn't work either.
By the way, this is the third time the camera goes black with my S340. The first time it was in 2020 and got fixed at a microcenter under lenovo warranty. Second time was early 2021 and it was sent back to lenovo for repair, came back and it was working fine. this is the third time it fails. it seems like a light tries to light on, but very weak, and goes on and off periodically.
has anyone been able to get a replacement due to a repeating failure like this? i am tired of sending this laptop back and forth to lenovo maintenance. so far, the mainboard fried, wrong amount of ram installed (overall been to service for 2 times for those 2 incidents), and been to service another 2 times for camera failure. Absolutely disgusted...
I totally agree with you. Very annoying; however, after installing Windows 11, the camera issue stopped.
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Anonymous
2021-11-20T04:08:52+00:00 i tried installing the previous driver from 2019 and that didn't work either.
By the way, this is the third time the camera goes black with my S340. The first time it was in 2020 and got fixed at a microcenter under lenovo warranty. Second time was early 2021 and it was sent back to lenovo for repair, came back and it was working fine. this is the third time it fails. it seems like a light tries to light on, but very weak, and goes on and off periodically.
has anyone been able to get a replacement due to a repeating failure like this? i am tired of sending this laptop back and forth to lenovo maintenance. so far, the mainboard fried, wrong amount of ram installed (overall been to service for 2 times for those 2 incidents), and been to service another 2 times for camera failure. Absolutely disgusted...