why is my mic so unresponsive when i am using onboard sound? i reinstalled my old sound card and suddenly its like 50 times more sensitive, any idea how i can improve the onboard sound mic? already tried using the motherboard drivers, updating the MB BIOS, double checking the plugs, and tried all the options to increase/boost the recorder level, but nothing has worked. o and the nroaml onboard sound is working fine and so is the onboard LAN, its just the mic that is having problems Biostar M7VIT Pro motherboard

Did you try turning the mic boost on? Its in your volume control. J.

chad: Most microphone problems in any type of setup (computer or standard electronic) are caused by an impedance mismatch between the mike and the preamp input. Could be what's happening with your onboard mike. But if you've updated all your drivers, I'm not sure where to take the issue. No offense, but are you absolutely sure you haven't overlooked a driver? Solarian

yeha drivers are all new, tried the mic boost in XP but no change, cant find any boost in the software taht was installed w/ the onboard sound though