Microphone not working

[Nick Cumberbatch]

I am using Win XP Professional with Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop.
The speaker and mic on laptop work just fine. I use the Xircom ethernet
modem. My headset has worked properly plugged into the ethernet card.
recently I starting experiencing a problem with the headset mic. It does
not work or volume seems really low or muffled. I tried adjusting the
volume recording level but it does not help. By the way I installed SP1 and
SP2...could this have affected it.

Any help would be appreciated. I am using a basic Plantronics headset. It
has worked well before

 

[Malke]

I am using Win XP Professional with Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop.
The speaker and mic on laptop work just fine. I use the Xircom
ethernet
modem. My headset has worked properly plugged into the ethernet card.
recently I starting experiencing a problem with the headset mic. It
does
not work or volume seems really low or muffled. I tried adjusting the
volume recording level but it does not help. By the way I installed
SP1 and SP2...could this have affected it.

Any help would be appreciated. I am using a basic Plantronics
headset. It has worked well before

Try a different headset. The mike on the Plantronics dies sometimes.
I've replaced two basic Plantronics headsets because of that. If the
Plantronics works on another machine, then you know the issue is with
the Xircom. If the Plantronics mike doesn't work on another machine,
you know you need to buy a new headset.

Malke