Samsung RV515 with broken webcam??

[Phenom_965]

Hello,
a month ago we bought a Samsung Notebook based on the APU E-450. It's all working correctly....BUT we never checked if webcam was working. A few days ago we found that its built-in camera is not seen at all from the system (Win7 64bit)
If I check on devices in control panel and ask windows to update it, it can't find any webcam. I tried downloading the driver from this page
samsung page -> /us/support/owners/product/NP-RV515-A01US
where i can see only an XP driver. There is an x64 version in the package...but when I try installing it, it says it couldn't find any webcam!?
I tried with a live Ubuntu version...the command lsusb can't see any webcam too
Anyone has found this problem with this model? Samsung forgot to install it? Broken webcam?

[Smudger]

Can you see the webcam in Device Manager?

Actually - scrub that. Are there any 'Unknown Devices' in DM?

Sounds like the webcam's not connected. I would send it back...

[Phenom_965]

No...can't see the webcam anywhere! . No unknown devices in DM ...nada de nada! It seems really not connected. Samsung forgot to connect it?

[DDY]

Have you checked it's enabled in the BIOS?

You may also have to install the manufacturers system management software in order to enable your webcam, I've owned laptops, although not a Samsung, where I've needed the system management software to enable or disable onboard devices.

[GoNz0]

do you have a picture of it on the F keys, I have to press Fn + F9 to enable the webcam