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D415 problem turning on on my laptop but not on pc

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  • MartyG

    Hi Jo Samuel  Is your laptop using Windows?  If it is then please check the Windows camera privacy settings to confirm if permission to access the camera and permission for programs to access the camera are both set to On for your laptop.  Instructions for doing so can be found here:

    https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense/issues/3381#issuecomment-503424789

     

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  • Jo Samuel

    Thank you for the suggestion MartyG, but that doesn't seem to be it. I went out and bought an usb 3.0 cable and it did the trick. Unfortunately I'm still unsure as to why it does work on pc, but not laptop.

     

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  • MartyG

    A factor that can influence how well the camera works on a particular computer is what USB controller (the component that handles the USB ports) was chosen by that computer's manufacturer.  There are different controller brands and some work better with RealSense cameras than others. 

     

    On the rare occasions where problems are caused by the controller, plugging the camera into a USB hub device can help, as a hub uses its own USB controller separate from the one on the computer's built-in ports.

     

    If the USB2 cable was the problem, there may be something about it that the laptop's built-in USB controller brand does not like.

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