Steps to activate the webcam on the laptop
One thing that we should know that all laptop devices will working after it's drivers software installed correctly, include the internal camera or called webcam, but how we should to do if the webcam cannot working after installed the drivers software? let's discuss this.
The device working means that the operating system can detecting and when the application need this device work so this work as needed. For example, audio device, if the audio device detected by operating system and it's driver installed correctly, when we want to play the music so the audio device will working well. So before the drivers can be installed, this must be detected by the operating system, this mean that the devices must be actived for first. And one issue of the webcam of the laptop tha is get the problem is caused by the device that is not active.
For some type of the laptop the webcam cannot active automatically before actived manually by pressing the function keys. For example for axioo laptop series, we need to press the Fn key combined by the F10 key ( press and hold the Fn key and press once the F10 key ), and after that the driver will installed automatically if the operating support, or if not, we can install the drivers software that match with the type of the webcam device.
How to know what the keys to activate the webcam device? You can see on the F... keys ( F1, F2, ... ), you can see the device icon there, look for the webcam icon to activate the webcam. For example a Axioo laptop, you can see the camera icon on the F8 key, so to activate the webcam device is by pressing and hold the Fn key and press once the F8 key, if success you can see on the display that the new device has been detected by the operating system.
But if this action not success, you need to install the hotkey driver or called launch manager or ATK driver for some type of the laptop to activate the Fn keys combination.
The device working means that the operating system can detecting and when the application need this device work so this work as needed. For example, audio device, if the audio device detected by operating system and it's driver installed correctly, when we want to play the music so the audio device will working well. So before the drivers can be installed, this must be detected by the operating system, this mean that the devices must be actived for first. And one issue of the webcam of the laptop tha is get the problem is caused by the device that is not active.
For some type of the laptop the webcam cannot active automatically before actived manually by pressing the function keys. For example for axioo laptop series, we need to press the Fn key combined by the F10 key ( press and hold the Fn key and press once the F10 key ), and after that the driver will installed automatically if the operating support, or if not, we can install the drivers software that match with the type of the webcam device.
How to know what the keys to activate the webcam device? You can see on the F... keys ( F1, F2, ... ), you can see the device icon there, look for the webcam icon to activate the webcam. For example a Axioo laptop, you can see the camera icon on the F8 key, so to activate the webcam device is by pressing and hold the Fn key and press once the F8 key, if success you can see on the display that the new device has been detected by the operating system.
But if this action not success, you need to install the hotkey driver or called launch manager or ATK driver for some type of the laptop to activate the Fn keys combination.
