Microphone stopped working after I reinstalled Windows
I have a Toshiba Tecra A3. I recently took off Windows and reinstalled it, but now I’m having problems with my USB webcam and microphone. The video is fine, just that i can not record any sound….HELP! I downloaded the CD it came with fine, and reinstalled the audio driver…nothing seems to work. How can i fix this?!
Maybe the microphone does not work because it’s muted?
Here’s what you can try.
Go to the Control Panel and click on the Sounds and Audio Devices icon. Click on the Advanced button. After that click on the Properties in the Options. Enable Microphone volume control and click OK. Now you should have the Microphone volume control in the Play Control window. Make sure the microphone is not muted.
Uncheck the Mute box and test the laptop again.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
i have a HP pavilion dv6646us and it seems that the inbuilt microphone has stopped working it was working just fine prior to this i even checked if it was muted but it is not although the webcam is working just fine. its just the microphone has stopped working wat could be the reason
April 27th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
akshobh,
First of all, check all microphone settings. In the control panel click on Sounds and Audio Devices icon and then go to Advanced settings. Make sure the microphone is turned on.
Here’s something else you can try. If this is a software related problem I think you can fix it by using Windows System Restore utility. If you are using XP, you can find this utility here: Start-All Programs-Accessories-System Tools-System Restore. Restore your computer to the time when the microphone was working.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
i have a tosheba A135 laptop and mypicrophone jack is colpletely messed up, i think someone tried to insert something and they complely ruined it to a pont where i can see the inside of it, any how now i cant plug anything in cuz its too loos, it detects the microphone but no voice, how can i iopen it and fix it myself??
July 7th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
moby,
Unfortunately, the audio jack is soldered on the motherboard and Toshiba doesn’t supply these jacks separately. I cannot tell you where to find a spare one.
July 14th, 2008 at 4:05 am
Hello,
I have a dell latitude D800, WinXP ServicePack3. 1.7Ghz, 1GB Ram. My Mic doesnt work and i have to REINSTALL the driver from the dell website everytime i want to use my mic. if i shutdown my computer completely, then i have to install the driver – SigmaTel C-Major Audio. Its such a problem. Please help…i called dell many times, but they dont help at all!!
September 1st, 2008 at 11:14 pm
my headphones are not working though my speakers are.Though the headphones are working fine on my friends laptop…plz help me out
October 6th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Hii,, actually i use my Laptop micphone to talk,, i have a HP laptop,, but my micrphone makes weird noise these days,, how can i fix it???
March 7th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I have an NEC Versa E3100. It works fine in every way. Except that for some reason I can’t monitor mic audio. I have a mic plugged in the mic jack, I can see the meter kicking in Cooledit. So the mic audio is coming in. BUT there doesn’t appear to be a Mic playback category in the Windoze audio player setup. I can see Master Volume, Wave, SW synth, CD Player and PC Speaker. All controls are up and nothing is muted.
How can I do a voice record and monitor the audio while it’s recording? –geoff
March 7th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
I forgot to mention that I tried Go to the Control Panel and click on the Sounds and Audio Devices icon. Click on the Advanced button. After that click on the Properties in the Options. Enable Microphone volume control and click OK. Now you should have the Microphone volume control in the Play Control window. Make sure the microphone is not muted.
Uncheck the Mute box and test the laptop again.
The mic play category still will not appear. Suggections are welcome. –geoff
December 13th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I have an HP G60 120 that I bought in November ’08. I’ve continuously had microphone problems both with Skype and the Cyberlink YouCam software that came with the webcam and microphone in the laptop. I figured out the other day that in the control panel (hardware and sound, sound, manage audio devices, recording, double click on “Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221, levels), the level of the microphone isn’t working properly. At first I just thought it was set at 0 and needed to be reset. Then I noticed that as I am recording on the webcam or talking in Skype, my microphone level goes down to zero. I have to constantly keep the sound window open in front of Skype to keep clicking up the level so that the other person can hear me. Any suggestions for a more long-term fix to this issue? Thanks for your help!
January 22nd, 2011 at 8:26 am
I have same problem Sigma Tel C Major failed skype echo test need help plz plz plz….