Microphone stopped working

[Guest]

Hi,

I have bought a new Dell Inspirion with Vista installed. The first day I
tried using a microphone headset and it worked fine. Spoke with friends and
family on google chat. When finished shut the laptop and kept it away.
The next day I connected the microphone and tried to chat on Google talk
again, but this time the microphone didnt work.
I have tried all possible options, connected the mic to a different m/c with
vista, the mic is working fine, checked the sound device configuration. It
mentions working. Checked the mic level, proper.
Any idea on what could be the issue?
One this I noticed is that the first day when I plugged in the mic in th
jack, i got a prompt asking if it was a mic, etc, etc. But now this prompt
does not appear.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Amit.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I had a similar problem with my Rock Xtreme CTX Pro (lovely machine) -
microphone was set up and worked fine, used it on a skype call and then it
wasn't working...

Seems that the input level kept resetting to zero. A download of the latest
realtek audio drivers resolved the problem; whatever your audio hardware is I
would suggest checking first that you have the very latest drivers before
looking for other causes.

Hope that helps.

Julian

 

[Guest]

Thanks Julian.
My microphone is working now. Uninstalling and installing the sound driver
did the trick for me.
It would also be a good idea to keep the driver updated.

Cheers, Amit.