Windows 10: Headset mic not working in one jack laptop even with two-to-one converter

I have a headset with two cables. My old win10 laptop has two jacks, everything works, but my new laptop has only one jack.
I have bought a converting cable to get one jack, but the mic still doesn't show up, although the headset's speakers work fine.

I tried plugging in only the mic which, of course, resulted in the mic working as a speaker.

I searched through the web, no privacy issues whatsoever.

I also have to use Realtek audio manager. Even there the headset pops up, but shows only output options, no mic.

Please help me.

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Headset mic not working only in Windows 10 ASUS ROG laptop

This is not the common "I plugged the mic in the headphones jack" error (sadly), I'll describe the scenario and then what I've tried.

• ASUS ROG G750JW laptop running Windows 10 Home version 1903 (updated yesterday)
  
• HyperX (Kingston) CLOUD HX-HSCL-SR/NA headset
  
• RealTek High Definition Audio card
  
• 2 input jacks (headphones and microphone)
  

Problem: Only the integrated laptop mic seems to work (and it works fine), as soon as I plug in the headset mic absolute silence is present. Tried this:

• use the headset in another computer (ubuntu, 2 connectors) and phone (iOS, 1 connector), it works perfect
  
• plug just the headphone and use the integrated laptop mic, it works fine (skype, zoom, chrome, etc)
  
• updated audio drivers manually using Driver Easy, no luck
  
• updated Windows, no luck
  
• allow all apps to use mic (from audio settings), no luck
  
• using "Stereo Mix", no luck
  
• basically all items from this link, no luck
  

Interesting:

• the mic jack seems to work since each time I connect it a dialog appears telling me I just connected something
  
• VirtualBox is installed and it doesn't works there neither (ubuntu vm), disabled audio from all vm's in case there was a conflict and guess what, no luck
  
• when pluggin/unpluggin the mic I can see the sound level indicator bars move briefly (the green bars in device management, in mic properties)
  

Thanks.

 

Laptop won't detect built-in mic on headsets/earbuds

Hi,

You may mute Mic: right-click on taskbar speaker/Sounds/Recording tab-->Mic properties/Levels-->mute.

Your laptop should have two mini-jacks, usually in front. One for mic (line-input) and the other for earphones (line-output) or external speakers.
You have to use a splitter cable which splits your 1 mini-jack headset cable into 2 mini-jack cables.
One for mic and the other for earphones:

 

mic/headphone combo jack not working with headset

I just bought a new laptop from hp and it came with a single headphone/microphone jack. I have a headset that has seperate 3.5mm mic and headphone connectors. I realized this and bought a splitter. I thought this would fix my problem but it does not seem
to be able to recognize the mic but the headphones work just fine. When i just plug in the mic a little window pops up saying "You just plugged a device into the audio jack" but when i go to sound>recording in control panel it says "mic in at front panel,
not plugged in". Also when i just plug the mic in the sound in the speakers no longer work. I think this might be where the problem lies but i dont know what to do about it. Just so you guys know all of the drivers are up to date, the mic does work on my other
computer, and no my mic is not muted. Any help is appreciated.

Computer: http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/Laptops/hp-envy---17t-l4r64av-1

Headset: Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, LED LCD TV, Digital Cameras and more - Newegg.com

Splitter: KINGWIN HPS-185 7 ¼" 7 ¼" Speaker & Headphone Splitter - Newegg.com