Windows 10: Please help. Mic suddenly stopped working and i cant figure it out.

I have watched 4-5 YouTube videos, tried all the settings and drivers, volume etc... please there has to be better troubleshooting.

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Mic suddenly stopped working, tried everything...


Hey guys,

So I put together a new PC running Windows 10 Pro around 3 months ago and everything was working perfect till 2 days ago when my mic suddenly stopped working. I use a Steelseries Siberia V2 headset and the headphones work fine, but the mic is not picking up any noise at all. I tried plugging in both the back and front ports and my realtek always detects that a mic has been plugged in, but it simply won't work. I thought maybe my mic got busted so I also tried using an A4 Tech headset that I had lying around in the office but it has the same issue, the mic won't work. I looked around online for possible solutions and tried the following with no luck:

• Ensured the mic was set as the default device and that its volume settings were maxed out.
• Tried disabling all sound effects (noise suppression, acoustic echo cancellation etc).
• Uninstalled all audio drivers and reinstalled the latest realtek drivers on my motherboard's webpage: GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1151 - GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0)
  
• Uninstalled all audio drivers and reinstalled the latest realtek drivers on realtek's own webpage: Realtek
• Uninstalled all audio drivers and let Windows auto-install drivers.
• I even uninstalled all realtek drivers and tried using the standard "high definition audio device drivers."

Basically tried everything in this link: Microphone Not Working in Windows 10? | Win 10 FAQ

The conclusion was the same with everything I tried, the sound worked fine in both my speakers and headphones, but the mics simply didn't work. What's strange is that it just stopped working out of nowhere. I didn't install any new software or hardware or make any changes prior to the issue. Just turned the PC on one day and boom, mics not working.

I am completely stumped now and have no idea what to try next. I've attached screenshots of what my mic settings looked like with the realtek drivers and without. Really hope someone can help me figure out what went wrong.

Thanks in advance!

 

Suddenly my system won't use a mic

Hey guys.

I use my mic almost every day without any problems.

I am useing Vista ultimate 32-bit and I have never had any issues with my mic.

Suddenly. I wake up and my mic is not working...I tried using my brothers and that did'nt help either so I know it's not the mic itself.

So what in the hell has happened?? I did'nt even install anything??
Just...stopped working????

 

Mic suddenly stopped working Windows 10

Here is a more detailed response:

I tried everything you suggested as well as solutions in this link: Win10 FAQ

Basically:

• Ensured the mic was set as the default device and that its volume settings were maxed out.
• Tried disabling all sound effects (noise suppression, acoustic echo cancellation etc).
  
• Uninstalled all audio drivers and reinstalled the latest realtek drivers on my motherboard's webpage: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5530#dl
  
• Uninstalled all audio drivers and reinstalled the latest realtek drivers on realtek's own webpage: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
  
• Uninstalled all audio drivers and let Windows auto-install drivers.
  
• I even uninstalled all realtek drivers and tried using the standard "high definition audio device drivers.

The conclusion was the same with everything I tried, the sound worked fine in both my speakers and headphones, but the mics simply didn't work. What's strange is that it just stopped working out of nowhere. I didn't install any new software or hardware
or make any changes prior to the issue. Just turned the PC on one day and boom, mics not working.

Here are screenshots I took of my mic settings with the different drivers: imgur.com