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
    2021-01-22T13:47:40+00:00

    I was helping a friend who had the same problem. We found a security physical slide above the camera. Moving it - opening the aperture - allowed the camera to function fine. I realize there may be many other issues, but just in case someone missed this, I am commenting.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-30T14:44:45+00:00

    This fixed the problem with my camera as well! Updating BIOS with these Lenovo's instructions worked after trying everything else, thank you so much!

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-02-14T09:35:55+00:00

    I have tried all above, nothing working still, I missed a zoom meeting yesterday, one today....

    tomorrow one is very important.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-02-14T17:10:28+00:00

    In my case, infine, was a hardware issue.  Lenovo had to change the camera in warranty.

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