Windows 10: Why does my mic stop working minutes after plugging it in

I've tried two simple USB mics. When I plug it in it works fine. After not using it for a few minutes, it stops working. Unplugging/re-plugging it in makes it work again. I need help.

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Mic stopped working...

OK, I got this new microphone headset... the one like telemarketers use, with green and pink plug. Unplugged my old mic (the OLD ones, like the first computer microphones... back when they were still called microPHONES), plugged the new one in, and I go to UN-mute my microphone volume, and it still seems to be muted. I plugged in my old mic, the mic that I know worked last time I used it, two weeks ago before I muted mic.

So now im just confused... none of my mics work... it's not muted... I'm just going to get the latest HD audio drivers from realtek anyways, to see if that works. I'll post back if it works. ---wow i have to get it from techpowerup, because realtek wont go past 25k download speed.

unreal.... of all the newbness in the world... i was plugging them BOTH into the wrong ports.

 

Mic socket not working

The mic socket on my laptop abruptly stopped working. It just buzzes instead of recognizing any voice. It works with a USB adapter, so the mic isn't broken, and the socket recognizes when a device has been plugged in ("You just plugged a device into the audio jack"), but all it does is buzz. Is the mic socket just inexplicably broken?

 

My computer mic stops working when headphones are plugged in.

For whatever reason, when my headphones are plugged in, my computer mic stops working.

It works fine when it's not plugged in.

My headphones do have a mic on them, but under the sound settings, both the computer mic and headphone mic are under one device, "Microphone Array (Realtek High Definition Audio)".

This is true regardless whether or not my headphones are plugged in. A similar thing happens to the speakers as well, but i dont care about that that much.

The reason why i care about the mics, is because my headphone mic is broken, and i want to use my headphones while using the computer mic which works perfectly fine.

Ive already tried uninstalling and reinstalling the devices.

I am using a lenovo X1 carbon 20A8 model.