I cannot get my microphone to imput,the sounds out works fine,I have checked all the settings i.e.mute,select etc but the mic controls are greyed out also under speec recognition there is no audio input tab to adjust.any sugestions please.I have an asrock k7s41gx motherboard and C-Media sound

You need to configure your soundcard Leonard. I have a c-media card (It's ace lol), but it can be fiddly. I'm not totally sure how to configure it, but you need to goto control panel/audio and play with the settings. if you tell me which c-media card you have, I may be able to help further then. I have a current problem where my input is coming out of only 2 speakers instead of the normal 6. in the advanced menu, you can change the configuration of the card, so you may have to change that (it changes microphonr to audio out for some reason, so that may be the culprit. It doesn't deem to be anything wrong with the soundcard itself, just our lack of info on how to mess with it. I'm going to the main site to find out an answer to my problem, so if I find any help for you, I'll post it here. Good luck.

This is a guess. Some sound cards (very few) have microphone inputs that are designed for 'powered' mics. These cards have a stereo mic jack and require a microphone with a stereo plug. It's not a stereo audio input. The power for the mic is supplied by one of the stereo connections.

hi, a hav a mic/headset tht i use for gaming and team speak etc.it used to work fine but all of a sudden its stopped, there is no sound at all.ive tryed all the volume and device settings but it makes no difference at all.i hav tried using other mics wit my comp and they dont seem to work either.plz help,im all out of ideas. jasp

jaspthornton, it's rude to intrude on someone else's post. Please start your own.

Thanks for your reply.It is onboard sound and Ihave the following information, coec CM19739A audio driver 5.12.01.0045(39)g audio controler SIS 7012 series audio controler directX version 9.0B. windows update gave me the latest driver, Once again thanks for your help.

I have the same motherboard and the exact same problem. It's fine if some one cann help us.