GiantOctopus

Doing recovery ( keep my files or remove everything is always a last option  - You can always chose local reinstall instead of cloud download.   Try keep my files first and then try remove everything ) .    Please do this as a last step. 


We need to understand the cause of this issue.   Your computer is not communicating with the camera.    It is not detecting the camera. 


I personally faced this problem on my laptop.   I did a power drain and bios default and it automatically detected the camera.     I also went to device manager - Click on view - show hidden devices.    It showed the camera.   Uninstalled and restarted the computer.     


Try to install the chipset driver if the camera driver is not present on the acer support website.  

Go to support.acer.com 
chose your country 
type snid or chose your model 
go to drivers  - Install the camera driver and if it is not present try to install the chipset driver , i/o driver

Kindly refer the link given below

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/7602?b=1

I am really sorry for the inconvenience..   Let us do the basic steps first..

 

Doing the power drain and bios defaults will really help.  Kindly follow the steps given below:

Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices or any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down.  On the bottom of the laptop, you can find a  pin hole. It is a tiny hole. You can a find a battery symbol indicator next to the hole. It is like a + and - sign symbol as though somebody is trying to shift the battery out. Insert the pin on to the hole for 30 seconds. Remove the pin. Flip the laptop. Connect the charger cable, turn on the computer.  Only on laptops where the battery is inbuilt you can find the battery reset hole on the back of laptop.

If you don’t find a pin hole on the back of laptop then you might be using removable battery. There is no need to unscrew anything to remove the battery.  Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices and any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down.  On the bottom of the laptop, please look at the top or bottom depending on the way you look at it. You can find a long door. It is a battery removable door.  Just below that you can find a latch.  If you move the latch you can remove the battery door. Once the battery is removed, flip the laptop. Open the top cover, press and hold the power button for 1 minute. Connect the battery back on the back of computer. Connect the charger cable back and then turn on the computer. 

 

If you don’t see a reset pin hole on the back of laptop or if you are not able to remove the battery (if it is inbuilt) then please unplug all the cables and devices out of laptop.   Hold the power button for 1 minute.  After releasing the button you should wait a while before plugging in power. Just because the button has been pressed doesn't bleed off all the residual electricity on the motherboard. Wait 15-30 minutes before plugging in power. Then once power is connected wait for a full battery indication before turning the system on. That allows the battery to fully reset it's internal statistics.

 

Connect all the cables back and restart the computer.  

While turning on the computer, tap f2. It will go to bios. Press f9 once. It will show load bios defaults with a yes or no popup. Press enter. Popup screen will disappear.  Press f10 once. It will show save changes popup with yes or no. Press enter. Computer will restart and it will load into windows.   

Now go to device manager and check whether it installed the camera properly.   On search - type camera - click on camera - You are suppose to view the web cam now.. 

If it is still not working then ...

You  can always  do a refresh and reset.   These are steps to do the refresh and reset .. 


click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started 

or 

on start - type here to search - type reset this pc - click on reset this pc on the top  - click on get started 

It will show you keep my files and remove every thing


chose keep my files 
chose the account - type the password - click on local reinstall - click on reset 
It will be in progress.. 
login to computer and start using the computer. 

If it is still not working 

click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started 
chose remove everything 
click on local reinstall - just remove my files - click on reset  - It will be in progress

If just remove my files option is not working then you can try fully clean the drive as the next option when you try to reinstall it again ..


If you do refresh ( keep my files ) -  all your personal files like pictures, music , documents , videos  will still be intact.   Only the applications will be lost 

 

If you do reset  ( remove everything )  - you are doing a factory default.   It will become like a day one computer.    It will wipe out everything and take your computer to day one like a new computer.

 

Dracula this is predator laptops forum only you would be better opening a new thread in the correct forum for your own laptop model