I have a built in web cam on my Acer Aspire One netbook that is not working. If the mouse pad works, the camera can't work. how can i have this fixed?

Your netbook has 3 different possible drivers for it's web cam. That particular model shipped with 3 different manufacturers possibly making the cam. Only one of the following drivers works for your netbook. Try installing them all until you find the right one.

Suyin Driver:
http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Camera/Camera_Suyin_1.0.2.1_XPx86_A.zip?acerid=633741528410168325&Step1=NETBOOK&Step2=ASPIRE%20ONE&Step3=AOD250&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_7

liteon driver:
http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Camera/Camera_liteon_5.8.33.007_XPx86_A.zip?acerid=633741530934973654&Step1=NETBOOK&Step2=ASPIRE%20ONE&Step3=AOD250&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_7

Chicony Driver:
http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Camera/Camera_Chicony_1.8.0.0_XPx86_A.zip?acerid=633741526359862179&Step1=NETBOOK&Step2=ASPIRE%20ONE&Step3=AOD250&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_7

Try installing the latest WEB cam driver.
Download the WEB cam and device drivers from the Acer WEB site. Makesure you select the model of your laptop the drivers you that require thatmatches the Windows version that is installed on your laptop. Use this link toget to the Acer support: -
http://www.acersupport.com/drivers_download.aspx

Try reloading the synaptics mouse driver for your laptop:

http://www.notebook-driver.com/acer/acer-aspire-one-netbook-windows-xp-drivers/

I have one too. It does come with built in web cam. To use it you can use Skype. It works for me.

you may have to go to the cmos and and activate it when computer is turned on hit f1 or f2 or del key to inter cmos

Check with Acer or your carrier. Skype has also changed things around due to updates.

There is a small ribbon cable that connects the touchpad to the motherboard. If there was any dramatic jostling of the system or it was disassembled for any reason it may have come undone. I have heard of this happening in the past.

If your lucky, someone just turned it off. The toggle for the mouse pad is Fn+F7 simultaneously.

Good Luck,

NOLA Tech

Do you use yahoo messenger to chat? If your are using yahoo messenger, while chatting, look be-nit the chat box, you would see a web cam symbol, click it and you will see a warning box pop out. Click OK and your web cam will automatically be activated.

You would have to wait a little while for the web cam to show, because it has to load. Loading time depends solely on your computer and internet connection speed.

Best wishes.

You may just look on their driver web page for the touch pad drivers, uninstall the existing ones, then re-install the new.

Mouse pad jumping can be common symptom of Synaptics pads (is it Synaptics?) - look for driver and install it.
Also, try switching it on from off and do NOT touch the pad for several minutes.
Common symptom when people just use very light pressure on mouse pad within first few minutes. Latest driver should fix.
also try pressing whole palm down on touchpad for several seconds - this can reset the software on some touchpads.
As for webcam, disconnect it, uninstall drivers, re-install drivers and then re-connect it. If it is built in then go to Device Manager - Hardware and find the device - click on uninstall driver - then re-install the driver.