Review HP mini 1000 series and Webcam bug fixing
Posted by xxdejavu | Filed under Gadgets, Technology, Tips
Review
About a couple days ago i get my own HP mini 1001 TU model, im in love from the first time i see HP Mini 1000 series, far as i go with my new HP Mini i love the whole thing from design, comfortable keyboard size as 92% from real size of normal keyboard, light weight it’s only 1.11 Kg and it will make easy for everyone to carry on to anywhere anytime, new changes from the previous HP Mini model (as we know HP 2133) at HP mini 1000 family series they change the size of adapter to smaller size and the big thing and i’m sure everyone will surprise and love it, this HP mini 1000 series family support with 3G Modem make easier to connect or browse the internet anywhere, and comes with Windows XP operating system, as a test for speed and everything i did upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate, All working perfectly smooth, but some driver you need to download manually, like Bluetooth (i use generic driver from windows vista and it’s working), Graphics (Download it from intel website and search from “Mobile Inel 945 Express Chipset Family”) and then you can run AERO smoothly. there’s one bug i found on this product when i try to see how’s webcam quality, but all i see it’s only black on my screen, but dont worry i found it how to get it fixed and it’s working. let me tell this product description first then we fix the webcam bugs
Product description
Technology
type : Intel® Atom Processor N270
clock speed : 1.60 GHz
front side bus : 533 MHz
2nd level cache : 512 KB
Operating system
Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP3
System
memory standard : 1 GB
maximum expandability : 2 GB (Tested and working with 2GB max)
technology : DDR2 RAM (800 MHz)
Hard disk
capacity : 60 GB
certification : S.M.A.R.T.
Optical Drive NIL
Display
size : 10.2″ with integrated 0.3 megapixel Webcam
type : WSVGA HP LED Brightview Infinity Display
internal resolution : 1,024 x 600
Graphics adaptor
manufacturer : Intel®
type : GMA 950
memory :64MB shared memory
Interfaces
1 x DC-in
1 x external monitor
1 x RJ-45
1 x external microphone
1 x headphone (stereo)
1 x SD Card Reader
2 x USB 2.0
Expansion
1 x memory slots (1 to configure)
Wireless communication
Wireless Technology : Bluetooth™
Compliancy : Wi-Fi™
Network Support : 802.11b/g
Wireless Technology : Wireless LAN (802.11b/g)
Wired communication
topology : Ethernet LAN
speed : 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
Sound system
speakers : built-in Altec Lansing speakers
Pointing device
type : Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad
Battery
3-Cell Lithium Polymer (26Whr)
AC adapter
input voltage : autosensing AC adapter (100/240 V) for worldwide usage
Physical dimensions
W x D x H : 26.17cm (L) x 16.66cm (W) x 2.513 cm (H)
weight : 1.11 kg
For more information from HP website : http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01598968&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3838214&lang=en
Hardware fix for XP (remove the lens protector, but do it very carefully)
use thin plastic card to pull the LCD protector, do it very carefully or you crack the LCD protector. then take the lens protector ( it’s taped inside the camera hole). Then the camera should be working perfectly now.
Software fix for XP
Open Device manager from your control panel, then Right click on USB video device and select uninstall.
Then install the Webcam driver from here : ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33544.exe
Then install the Bios update from here : ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp41501-42000/sp41906.exe
Note that the webcam driver was installed with a fresh reboot prior to installing the bios upgrade.
Fixing the Webcam bugs on HP Mini 1000 series (tested on HP mini 1001 TU series and working)
- First you need to download the Webcam driver called (Chicony)
Download here(Working with Vista (Updated Driver here) or from HP website here
- Open your Control Panel > Device Manager then look for imaging devices
- Click Update Driver
NOTE! choose option -> Browse the driver from my computer manually then -> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
- Then find a files you just downloaded (snp2uvc.inf)
Files located at /Driver/snp2uvc.inf
- Congratulation you’re done!!
leave us comment if you’re not successfully or success to fix this bugs 
As a prove i post this picture of screenshot and take a picture from a camera
Fixing with software on Vista
Tags: 3G, Bugs, Driver, HP Mini, HP Mini 1000, Problem, Webcam
41 Responses to “Review HP mini 1000 series and Webcam bug fixing”
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Steven Says:
December 28th, 2008 at 2:11 amPlease let us know if you find a solution for XP users! I will hold off returning mine for the time being….
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xxdejavu Says:
December 28th, 2008 at 2:35 amFor sure i’ll let you know when i did find how to fix on XP, i’ll post on this site and notice on HP forum.
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enima Says:
December 29th, 2008 at 2:56 amTried the new XP version and still saying “The specified location does not contain information about your hardware”
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elipsoid Says:
December 29th, 2008 at 4:02 amxxdejavu, did you get the internal mic to work in Vista? That is the only thing keeping me from using Vista on the Mini (and maybe the long hibernation time, but I guess that can’t be fixed).
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lfmasieri Says:
December 30th, 2008 at 2:53 amUgh! Im so annoyed by the internal microphone thing.. I need it to work and I have vista on it already…. has anyone been able to get it to work!? Please email me with any fix for the microphone at lfmasieri@gmail.com or publish it here!
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maninyork Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:44 amyes i’m running XP on my HP Mini, the webcam is dark, but I tried using it in Movie Maker and you have control of the webcam settings (brightness, contrast, etc.) So why didn’t HP build a control panel for the webcam?? External webcams come with some kind of control panel for fine tuning purposes. So that my rant
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Cristián Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 7:36 amYou can change, contrast, color , brigth and much more with nsm and skype option, that are the options to fix the problem on XP, but is not the complete solution…
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xxdejavu Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:48 amyes, on XP we can change the brightness, contrast and etc with MSN and Skype as an option but as i know when i try to set on very high contrast and brightness the quality’s poor, not bad at all at least you can still video casting with your lover or family
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Alex444Bog Says:
January 4th, 2009 at 2:57 pmXP user:
Problem: same as all…Seems this is annoying quite a few of us. Don’t know if you’re still working on it xxdejavu (because I doubt HP is), but I’m sure a solution would make many happy. So, thanks.
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agung Says:
January 4th, 2009 at 5:33 pmxxdejavu has found the way, will be updated soon..
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Mar Says:
January 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pmGod!! I’m so happy, I’m not the only one with the cam problem… I almost believe it was mi mini’s problem.
Come on dejavu!!!! tell usss… I really want to know.
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vno Says:
January 9th, 2009 at 3:50 pmhey man.
i finished installing it and stuff,
but my webcam remained dark on screen.how?
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Jody Says:
January 10th, 2009 at 3:42 amPls help me with my webcam on my compaq cq40-107au. It didn’t work eversince i bought it last december. I use vista as my os. Hope to hear from you…
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Marissa Says:
January 10th, 2009 at 10:17 amit doesnnnt workk!!!
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xxdejavu Says:
January 10th, 2009 at 11:30 amhi all, i have bad news and good news
good news is, yes you can fix the camera thing and the bad news is, to get camera fixed, you need to open the LCD lid a little bit on the camera side, and remove the camera protector film which i just did mine couple days ago and after that worked like normal camera, i’ll post some picture how to do that ASAP, but you have to do it very carefully, or you crack the LCD cover, it’s your call For jody, i need to know what is you PID and VID on your webcam (try to see from Device Manager), it may help to hunt your driver, or you can try with generic driver from windows.
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lmsibbaluca Says:
January 10th, 2009 at 9:18 pmis there a way to connect hp min 1000 to LCD projector for powerpoint presention? I researched the ned for USB to VGA port but i cannot find find available device here in the philippines.
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lmsibbaluca Says:
January 11th, 2009 at 11:49 amGOOD NEWS!!! for XP users…
No need to open up your laptop and risk cracking your lcd just to fix the webcam.
First, download windows live messenger. After installing, sign in for the msgr. In the msgr window click the show menu icon. then click tools then audio video setup. In the audio video setup window click next, on the next window click webcam settings then adjust the brightness of th webcam since its default is 0. adjust other components if you like. after that save settings. close the messenger and try your webcam, it should not be dark anymore!!!
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ClelsDahanelf Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 1:12 pmAn all too common annoyance to users of computers with Active Matrix Thin Film Transistor (TFT) Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screens is the dreaded “dead pixel” phenomenon.
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nick.g Says:
January 21st, 2009 at 11:22 pmcan not follow through.. i tried downloading at the hyperlink you provided, no changes still.. no driver, only notepad present, is that it..
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Brad Says:
January 26th, 2009 at 2:17 amNice job. I completely agree with you.
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arnaldo Says:
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 pmI just purchased the HP mini and I do found out that the webcam is set on 0 as its default settings for XP. Theres no need to download any drivers for the solution on this one. For yahoo messenger users, open first your webcam by clicking the action tab and select view my webcam, then click on the messenger tab of the YM window, scroll down and locate preferences. Click on preferences, a new window will appear and click on the webcam. Click on the camera settings and select the desired brightness that you like. SInce the cam is only at 1.3 pixel it is not quite a good quality..but atleast you can be seen in a room light…
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Daniel Witanto Says:
March 8th, 2009 at 4:47 pmI bought HP mini 1000 netbook and experiencing the same “dark” webcam, i’ve tried to set it up with msn as lmsibbaluca said but it didn’t work, any more suggestion to solve this problem without opening the LCD protector and broke the waranty…? thanks
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mirkrith Says:
March 30th, 2009 at 12:10 pmHP stiil didn’t announce how to fix this issue?
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agung Says:
March 30th, 2009 at 5:42 pmYa..HP still keep shut in matter how to solve the problem..Actually, to fix the cam just need to take off the small piece of lens protector behind the LCD. However, HP just tells, small lens protector is to protect the cam, but they do not know the impact from that lens protector, because it decreases the brightness almost 70%. So if u dare to fix ur laptop and u having a skillful hand..just do it ur self. If you waiting for HP response, I think u gonna waste ur time between u and ur new HP 1000.
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venice Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:54 ami tried ur way and took off the lens protector. i wasn’t so careful with mine but it really would take a lot of force for someone to crack that lcd protector. be careful when pulling out the tape. mines left some of the sticky goo n it smeared across the camera hole. a qtip and warm water got it out. much improvement… no more darkness. thanks man
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agung Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 3:36 pmHi Venice… we are happy to help u, all of u guys..We hope if u have any information u can share with us, vice versa.
Thanks
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xxdejavu Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 2:01 amHello venice.. thanks for the information you share, it will very helpful for other people.. thanks man..
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Tony Says:
April 25th, 2009 at 1:37 pmThank you for all your detailed information. I have bought it about one month ago, I am wondering I can connect to a external monitor? May I need to have a adaptor to do it? Could you tell me the name / number of the adaptor?
Cheers,
Tony
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xxdejavu Says:
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:44 amThis laptop quite good too for light games like counter strike
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grateful Says:
July 13th, 2009 at 12:43 pmThank you so much for the info!!! It took me a minute but taking off the screen protector is THE ANSWER!!! PLAIN AND SIMPLE
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iTechiie Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:02 amThis worked perfect i can find the xp solution
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karthik dutta Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 12:51 pmthanks it helped me to solve . thanks a lot
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adut Says:
August 11th, 2009 at 12:39 pmI just got a HP 1012tu.. but was wondering if this specific model came with an internal microphone or not.. Anyone? Have any problems beside the dark webcam? Can’t speak through skype, YM or MSN.. Please HELP.. Thanks..
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Victoria Says:
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:54 amTaking out the LCD thing was easy I guess. For those of you who think you’ll break the Laptop, you wont it has a thing to open and click shut., I guess they wanted u to figure it out yourself, anyhow, That small piece of film covering the webcam made a huge difference in brightness. victoriangoctrinh@yahoo.com
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Brent Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 11:51 amI used the driver, and the webcam works perfectly after it says to restart my computer. Anytime after that, all it does is give me a blank gray screen when I try to bring it up. It works if I constantly reinstall the driver, but it gets very annoying after a while.
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Eric Says:
February 13th, 2010 at 11:27 pmI get no display what so ever on boot up. I know it boots because it sounds off when it does. There is no activity on the screen what so ever. Just blank. It is still under warranty.
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Ghost Says:
March 27th, 2010 at 12:07 pmHi guys
Ihave the HPMini 1001tu and i`m having problems startingup the intergratedweb cam. After I click on the webcan Icon a message pops up saying…
A creation ofthe video preview failed. Please check the device connection andmake sure the the device is not being used by another application or user.I have tried reinstalling drivers, uninstalling the imaging devise, updated the Bios….just about everything..
is there a list of the drivers that I need
any help would be great
