Webcam won’t display in Windows or Linux, only appears after device has been on for long period

[ShortFormErnie]

Posting again because someone unfairly marked this as spam. 

My webcam appears to have a hardware issue that is preventing me from using my webcam normally. It does not appear on boot and may eventually appear, but only after a lengthy handshake process with the computer that sees frequent disconnects. Some logs, which show that the computer does not properly interact with the internal camera for more than an hour after boot:

ernie@bazzite-pc:~$ sudo dmesg -w | grep -i -E "usb|uvc"
Place your finger on the fingerprint reader
[ 0.318767] ACPI: USB4 _OSC: OS supports USB3+ DisplayPort+ PCIe+ XDomain+
[ 0.318768] ACPI: USB4 _OSC: OS controls USB3+ DisplayPort+ PCIe+ XDomain+
[ 0.765972] ACPI: bus type USB registered
[ 0.765972] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.765972] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.765972] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.901980] xhci_hcd 0000:00:0d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 0.903291] xhci_hcd 0000:00:0d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 0.903293] xhci_hcd 0000:00:0d.0: Host supports USB 3.2 Enhanced SuperSpeed
[ 0.903331] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 7.00
[ 0.903333] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.903334] usb usb1: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.903335] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 7.0.9-ogc3.2.fc44.x86_64 xhci-hcd
[ 0.903336] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:0d.0
[ 0.903403] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.903616] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 7.00
[ 0.903618] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.903619] usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.903620] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 7.0.9-ogc3.2.fc44.x86_64 xhci-hcd
[ 0.903621] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:0d.0
[ 0.903758] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.904342] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 0.905822] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 0.905824] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Host supports USB 3.1 Enhanced SuperSpeed
[ 0.905858] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 7.00
[ 0.905860] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.905861] usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.905862] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 7.0.9-ogc3.2.fc44.x86_64 xhci-hcd
[ 0.905863] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 0.905938] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.906912] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 7.00
[ 0.906914] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.906915] usb usb4: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.906916] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 7.0.9-ogc3.2.fc44.x86_64 xhci-hcd
[ 0.906917] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 0.907010] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.907457] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 0.907461] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 0.918343] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 0.918344] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 1.146764] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.374389] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2541, idProduct=0236, bcdDevice= 2.00
[ 1.374418] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.374424] usb 3-1: Product: CS9711Fingprint
[ 1.374425] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Chipsailing
[ 1.478257] usbcore: registered new interface driver system76-io
[ 1.496710] usb 3-10: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.623508] usb 3-10: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0033, bcdDevice= 0.00
[ 1.623517] usb 3-10: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 8.827933] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 208.095869] usb 3-5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 208.485150] usb 3-5: New USB device found, idVendor=3564, idProduct=fef3, bcdDevice= 4.09
[ 208.485156] usb 3-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 208.485158] usb 3-5: Product: OBSBOT Meet 4K
[ 208.485159] usb 3-5: Manufacturer: Remo Tech Co., Ltd.
[ 208.551195] usb 3-5: Warning! Unlikely big volume range (=9216), cval->res is probably wrong.
[ 208.551217] usb 3-5: [5] FU [OBSBOT Meet 4K Microphone Capture Volume] ch = 1, val = 4608/13824/1
[ 208.551415] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[ 208.551599] uvcvideo 3-5:1.0: Found UVC 1.00 device OBSBOT Meet 4K (3564:fef3)
[ 208.566156] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 2821.605548] usb 3-7: new full-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[ 2821.718179] usb 3-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 2821.932341] usb 3-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 2822.148094] usb 3-7: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[ 2822.260156] usb 3-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 2822.476159] usb 3-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 2822.580372] usb usb3-port7: attempt power cycle
[ 2822.958067] usb 3-7: new full-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[ 2822.958209] usb 3-7: Device not responding to setup address.
[ 2823.163217] usb 3-7: Device not responding to setup address.
[ 2823.371058] usb 3-7: device not accepting address 7, error -71
[ 2823.371184] usb 3-7: WARN: invalid context state for evaluate context command.
[ 2823.483085] usb 3-7: new full-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
[ 2823.483357] usb 3-7: Device not responding to setup address.
[ 2823.691351] usb 3-7: Device not responding to setup address.
[ 2823.899052] usb 3-7: device not accepting address 8, error -71
[ 2823.899179] usb 3-7: WARN: invalid context state for evaluate context command.
[ 2823.899325] usb usb3-port7: unable to enumerate USB device
[ 8428.999785] usb 3-5: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 8429.000098] usb 3-5: cannot submit urb (err = -19)
[ 8453.251063] usb 3-7: new full-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
[ 8453.475035] usb 3-7: new high-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd
[ 8453.603674] usb 3-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0408, idProduct=545e, bcdDevice= 0.07
[ 8453.603689] usb 3-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[ 8453.603693] usb 3-7: Product: HP True Vision 5MP Camera
[ 8453.603696] usb 3-7: Manufacturer: Quanta
[ 8453.603699] usb 3-7: SerialNumber: 0001
[ 8453.607595] uvcvideo 3-7:1.0: Found UVC 1.10 device HP True Vision 5MP Camera (0408:545e)
[ 8453.612732] uvcvideo 3-7:1.2: Found UVC 1.50 device HP True Vision 5MP Camera (0408:545e)
[ 8557.303367] usb 3-7: USB disconnect, device number 10
[ 8557.520438] usb 3-7: new full-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd
[ 8557.744442] usb 3-7: new high-speed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
[ 8557.873637] usb 3-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0408, idProduct=545e, bcdDevice= 0.07
[ 8557.873650] usb 3-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[ 8557.873653] usb 3-7: Product: HP True Vision 5MP Camera
[ 8557.873656] usb 3-7: Manufacturer: Quanta
[ 8557.873658] usb 3-7: SerialNumber: 0001
[ 8557.878704] uvcvideo 3-7:1.0: Found UVC 1.10 device HP True Vision 5MP Camera (0408:545e)
[ 8557.884166] uvcvideo 3-7:1.2: Found UVC 1.50 device HP True Vision 5MP Camera (0408:545e)
[ 8558.043694] usb 3-7: USB disconnect, device number 12
[ 8558.290372] usb 3-7: new high-speed USB device number 13 using xhci_hcd
[ 8558.419304] usb 3-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0408, idProduct=545e, bcdDevice= 0.07
[ 8558.419316] usb 3-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[ 8558.419322] usb 3-7: Product: HP True Vision 5MP Camera
[ 8558.419325] usb 3-7: Manufacturer: Quanta
[ 8558.419327] usb 3-7: SerialNumber: 0001
[ 8558.422620] uvcvideo 3-7:1.0: Found UVC 1.10 device HP True Vision 5MP Camera (0408:545e)
[ 8558.427949] uvcvideo 3-7:1.2: Found UVC 1.50 device HP True Vision 5MP Camera (0408:545e)
[ 8617.745964] usb 3-7: USB disconnect, device number 13
[ 8640.991112] usb 3-7: new full-speed USB device number 14 using xhci_hcd
[ 8641.215038] usb 3-7: new high-speed USB device number 15 using xhci_hcd
[ 8641.343260] usb 3-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0408, idProduct=545e, bcdDevice= 0.07
[ 8641.343274] usb 3-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[ 8641.343278] usb 3-7: Product: HP True Vision 5MP Camera
[ 8641.343282] usb 3-7: Manufacturer: Quanta
[ 8641.343284] usb 3-7: SerialNumber: 0001
[ 8641.346917] uvcvideo 3-7:1.0: Found UVC 1.10 device HP True Vision 5MP Camera (0408:545e)
[ 8641.351985] uvcvideo 3-7:1.2: Found UVC 1.50 device HP True Vision 5MP Camera (0408:545e)
^C
ernie@bazzite-pc:~$ lsusb | grep -i 0408
Bus 003 Device 015: ID 0408:545e Quanta Computer, Inc. HP True Vision 5MP Camera

I can confirm this is not unique to Linux, as the camera does not appear in Windows 11, either, nor in the BIOS. I have a feeling it may be related to a frayed cable or damaged part inside the device, but there appears to be no way to test this inside the BIOS diagnostics, so I’m kind of at a loss. I’m capable of taking apart the computer and replacing parts, but I just need a little help determining what I need to take out and replace. Am I looking at a screen replacement, or something less dramatic?