Windows 10: Microphone inputs not working

Today I was on Discord with a friend and my Mic quit working. No pop-ups or updates showed anything changed.


I have 2 Mic inputs on my PC; 1 dual Mic/Headphone jack on the front panel and one Mic jack on the rear panel.
I have a single input microphone and a headseat with mic built in. Neither work for the Mic. The front dual panel works fine with headphones, but not with a Mic/headphone combo.

Nothing is wrong with my devices or cables. I used it on my 2 other PCs and it worked just fine.

Windows and realtek recognize something is plugged into the mic jack. I ran windows troubleshooter and it will continually say that something is not plugged in, even though it recognized it before.

My mic is set to default.


I have adjusted the windows settings for sound level and everything.


All of my Realtek drivers are up to date. I triple checked. I tried rolling back to a previous driver as well.


I removed all traces of Realtek on my PC; drivers i showed hidden drivers in the manager, folders, and installers. I then ran BIOS and disabled my default audio. I ran my PC in safe mode and re-verified there were no drivers listed. I ran BIOS, and turned on default audio. I installed fresh audio drivers from my Motherboard’s website.



I tried multiple line in ports on my rear panel.

I dont know what else to do. Is there any way i can download a different audio software that will override Realtek? Something with a control panel that i can adjust individual ports?


Thank you for the time.

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Built in microphone not working

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps

Method 1: I suggest you to set microphone as default device and check.

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  Right click on the volume icon in the system tray and then click "Recording devices"
  
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  Right click on the blank space in the popped up window and then select "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices".
  
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  Right click on Microphone and then click "Enable".
  
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  Highlight the microphone and then choose "Set as Default Device".
  
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  Click Apply and OK.
  

Step 2: Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.

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  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled. Follow the steps given to check that:
  
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  Right click on the volume icon and select “Recording devices”.
  
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  Now, Right Click on an empty space and select, “Show disconnected devices” and “Show disabled devices”.
  
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  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.
  

And also update the audio drivers from the manufacturer web site and install.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

Microphone Inputs Not Working

Hi SamanthaXN,

I'm Stefano an Independent Advisor, here to help you.

I suggest you to uninstall and reinstall your microphone driver, following this procedure:

1. Press WINDOWS + X

2. Click on "Device Manager"

3. Click on "Audio input and audio"

4. Right click on your mic

5. Click on "Uninstall device"

6. Click on "Detects Hardware change" (monitor icon)

Then reboot and check if now it works.