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Mic Stopped Working
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Original Message
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Name: jtomm2
Date: July 15, 2008 at 05:17:57 Pacific
Subject: Mic Stopped WorkingOS: Vista Home BasicCPU/Ram: Celeron D Processor Model/Manufacturer: Compaq Presario SR21 |
Comment: My headset mic was working fine, then I went to use it in Skype (like I always have) and it wouldn't work. Went to Sound Recorder and mic didn't work there either. Realtek audio says all is working properly, but it's not. Checked the levels in 'recording devices' and went to 'device manager' to get an update of the latest Realtek driver. still nothing. tried system restore but that did not work. Any help would be welcome. I didn't change anything, the mic just stopped working. speakers still work fine, including headset speakers
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Response Number 6
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Name: jtomm2
Date: July 16, 2008 at 05:20:20 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I appreciate ur attempt to help, but that doesn't tell me much. I don't know what to look for there. Fill me in on what type of error i might look for and then where i go to change it so my mic will work
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Response Number 7
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Name: guapo
Date: July 16, 2008 at 05:25:32 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)There is no guarantee that anything in there will help you but it's worth looking. That's why those logs are there. For example, double click on system. Look for the word ERROR in red. Double click on it and see if it applies. Do that in all 3 logs. You may find something and you may not.
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Response Number 8
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Name: jtomm2
Date: July 16, 2008 at 06:40:31 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Thanks, that explanation helped me. Did that, and nothing applying to audio or mic or anything. It was stuff like Ad-Aware stopped responding when I used it, or browser errors, etc. -My guess is that my mic problem has to do with Windows changing something or maybe some site that grabbed control of the mic. When searching the net for 'mic stopped working" it's not an uncommon problem. i've tried most of those fixes but just can't seem to get anything to work. i'm thinking it's something like a tiny registry entry or maybe even something in the bios. but the bios on this machine doesn't have many controls
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Response Number 9
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Name: guapo
Date: July 16, 2008 at 15:40:56 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Did you try going to control panel, sounds and audio, audio, volume in the sound recording box and make sure that mute is not checked?
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Response Number 16
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Name: jtomm2
Date: July 19, 2008 at 06:55:52 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)yeah, that's the oddest thing, you look in recording devices, and the mic has that green check mark highlighted and says "working". everything else says working to. just one problem: it ain't working lol.
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Response Number 17
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Name: Alphawave
Date: August 6, 2008 at 08:00:48 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Look carefully at the "Mute" check box; some times it has changed to, I believe, "Select", in which case it should be checked. Also, with a couple of apps using a mic, I've had to "Mute" the mic to get it to work! Strange!!! Don't squat with your spurs on!
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Response Number 18
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Name: jtomm2
Date: August 6, 2008 at 08:17:24 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hi Alpha, thx for the response. I agree the mute thing can be screwy and i had already checked that, but thx. I had the same problem as you -- my previous machine was win98 and I too had to have the mute mic box checked before it would work. totally crazy. lol. i mean, how many people would ever even think to try that as a solution? There's no reason you ever would. Just the beauty of windows i guess. i mean, it would be like stepping into an elevator where the doors stay open and the elevator doesn't move, and you have to figure out that you're supposed to push the "doors open" button to make the doors close and get the elevator moving! lol
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