can't set microphone

[Vic 970]

AMD Duron 750. 196mb on board sound card.

Can't record sound, or at least can only hear a mumble in the background after turning up the volume.

I have gone into multimedia properties (to set recording level by clicking on mike icon) but the mike icon is not active.

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Regards..,
Vic.

[mjc]

In multimedia properites check and see what the cording device is...

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[Vic 970]

Via Audio (Wave)(1) is set at the moment, other options are..,

(use any available device)
Game compatable device
Voice Modem Wave #00 line
Voice Modem Wave #00 handset

None of these makes the mike icon active.


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for every question there's an answer. Then a load more questions.

Regards..,
Vic.

[Whyzman]

VIC,

Not sure how your volume controls are set up with the on board sound. On my SB if I right click and open the taskbar sound icon I can open the volume controls. I go to OPTIONS>PROPERTIES and then I have 2 options for play or record settings. Also there is a window for selecting which of the volume controls I want active...Don't know if this helps, but if there are similarities you might be able to activate the Mic Volume Control in this manner.

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[Vic 970]

Yes it is similar.

The problem appeared to be a corrupt driver, so I re-installed the sound card and all is well. The mic record level is locked though and the tone controls are not active, I think that's down to sound card quality, but I can live without them at present. when I've played with it a bit may consider upgrading s/c.



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for every question there's an answer. Then a load more questions.

Regards..,
Vic.