how to use a salvaged iSight?

Hey folks,
I had an iMac G5 (with iSight) die on me recently and it was cheaper
to buy a new one than repair it. I've been gutting it for parts and I
was pleasantly surprised to see that the built in iSight was connected
using a standard firewire cable. I'd LOVE to yank it out and use it
with my G5 powermac. However, when I plug it in, the powermac doesnt
seem to recognize it (tried with an intel mini too, same result).

There is another connection that I assumed was for the mic, but
perhaps its power...

Anyone know if I can recycle this thing?

-N

In article <1179603271.549447.311030.RemoveThis@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
nickpdawson.RemoveThis@gmail.com wrote:

> Hey folks,
> I had an iMac G5 (with iSight) die on me recently and it was cheaper
> to buy a new one than repair it. I've been gutting it for parts and I
> was pleasantly surprised to see that the built in iSight was connected
> using a standard firewire cable. I'd LOVE to yank it out and use it
> with my G5 powermac. However, when I plug it in, the powermac doesnt
> seem to recognize it (tried with an intel mini too, same result).
>
> There is another connection that I assumed was for the mic, but
> perhaps its power...
>
> Anyone know if I can recycle this thing?

Does System profiler show it? Does it identify it more specifically
than as an iSight camera (such as iMac iSight or such).

If System Profiler doesn't show it at all then my guess is it died with
the iMac.

Was there any other connection to it?

If there was no other connection then my guess would be that it's being
identified specifically as an iMac camera and the system is ignoring it
on machines it isn't expected to be seen on.

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Clark Martin
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