Microphone problem

suppafly

last night i was trying to use my mic on my new comp but it didn't seem to work at all. I wanted to use it for talking on skype and teamspeak. I know the mic works cuz one the other computer(the parents comp) its works fine but on this comp it doesn't. I have an audigy 2 soundcard and i have the mic plugged into the slot that has the little mic pic beside it. I tried moving to others slots just to be sure that they didn't work. The mic is a bog standard one that i got off and old compaq we and had been using it fine with no probs until now when i tried it on my new comp. Any know what the problem is and how to fix it?

tman

try going to start/programs/accessories/entertainment/volume control
click on options, then 'properties'
click on the 'recording' radio button & then click ok to close that option screen.
click the check box below microphone...
that should hopefully sort you out

suppafly

nope. did all that and it still doesn't work. any other ideas?

sceptre

Try muting the line in in sound properties. I have to do that any time I want to use the mic.

suppafly

nah that still doesn't make it work. I really haven't a clue what the prob could be cuz it worked fine on the other computer and i never had any trouble with it. any further suggestions of what it might be?

feylya

I assume you have the mic un-muted in the volume control and it's volume is turned up?

SantaHoe

I'd look into getting some new drivers for it... my SBLive has a funky-pants volume/mixer app that really likes to call the shots.
You mightn't have this mixer if you're using windows own drivers and such.
Worth a shot at least.