Windows 10: Microphone just suddenly stopped working

Hello there, Im currently using a laptop and a Razer headphones wire at the moment. I was playing some games and I went ahead to configure some settings in game and then my microphone stopped working in game. At first I was confused so I tried fixing it in sound settings. I tested to see if windows could detect my microphone but it couldn't. Well it kinda did, it said it knew that my mic was there but it couldn't detect any sound. The headphones work completely fine by the way. I tried to find other solutions but it couldn't work. How do I fix this?

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Microphone suddenly stopped working

My microphone is still not working. I even checked the BIOS as someone had suggested but there is no listing for the microphone in there.

 

Microphone suddenly stopped working Windows 10

Hi Elliot,


Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing currently. Let me help you in resolving the issue.

Method 1: You may run the Hardware troubleshooter and check.

Follow the steps to run the troubleshooter:

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  Click on Start button, type ‘Troubleshooting’ and click
  Troubleshooting under Settings.
  
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  Now type Hardware Troubleshooter in the search option.
  
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  Click on Hardware troubleshooter to run the troubleshooter.
  

Method 2:

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

a) Right click on the volume icon in the system tray and then click "Recording devices"

b) Right click on the blank space in the popped up window and then select "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices".

c) Right click on Microphone and then click "Enable".

d) Highlight the microphone and then choose "Set as Default Device".

e) Click Apply and OK.



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

Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled. Follow the steps given to check that:

a) Right click on the volume icon and select “Recording devices”.

b) Now, Right Click on an empty space and select, “Show disconnected devices” and “Show disabled devices”.

c) Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.

Hope the information helps. Keep us posted on Windows related queries and we will be happy to assist you further.

 

Microphone suddenly stopped working

Hi,

I have an HP G61 laptop, and I upgraded to Win 10 last weekend, it was working ok other than the fact that it is much slower than Win 7 that I was on before, but today as I was doing a Skype call my microphone stopped working. My son hit the power button
and when the computer came back on the microphone didn't work. I've tried all your steps that are posted elsewhere and nothing works. I'm not impressed Microsoft, get your stuff working before you release it!!!