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My 3.5mm jack mic isn't working?

When I twist the pink stick thing inside the plug where it should go it makes those crunch like noises (like when you pat a mic to check it) but it doesn't pick up still on sound rec. For a little time it showed some sound of the crackles, but nothing out of the actual mic. It didn't make those sounds yesterday, or work at all. I tried another headset and it wouldn't work with them. I tried to re-instal the sound driver but I really don't know if this has done anything (I did that yesterday) If...

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If you can twist the plastic pink bit then it is faulty. Inside the cable are two wires (positive and...

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Why isnt my mic working?

I bought this mic from a friend, and it was brand new, and I also bought an amp(Fast Track Amp) so i connected my amp to my computer and installed and its working good, because I connected my speakers to it and i can hear my music from the computer,...

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Make sure you have it pluged into right port

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Why isnt my mic working?!?!?

Few days ago, I got a new hard drive cuz my hard drive got damange. So everything was gone and the guy installed Window 7. My laptop has bult in mic and webcam. The webcam is working fine but when i tried using the mic on yahoo it wont work. I tried...

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you better install the audio drivers which are given with your laptop still is if it doesnt work then...

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Why isnt my webcam MIC working?! HELPP!?

I bought this webcam.. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.d… from best-buy and i installed it and it works fine. I tested the mic on 2 different tests and it shows its working fine and plus i uploaded a video on youtube directly from my webcam...

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open up AIM and then click on the "edit" tab and scroll down to settings. next a new window...

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Why isnt my Headsets mic working?

So i have my new headset and the mic on it isnt working on my computer, it works fine on my Xbox and everything but not that i am using it for my computer it doesnt work, i have read ...show more

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honestly there are not enough clues to say what's going on.. my guess is that the new microphone was...

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Can anyone tell me why my mic isnt working in ym? (mac)?

Ok, so yesterday, while I was supposedly having a voice convo in ym, I noticed my built-in mic didnt work. But when I tried configuring it in the system preferences, it responded....how come it's not working for my ym? Can anyone help me figure this...

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With the small amount of information you offered, I can only ask the obvious question, is the Messenger...

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Why isnt my mic working in counter strike source?

i have a laptop with a built in mic and it used to work fine with cs s but now nobody can hear me. i have checked/unchecked the enable in game voice option many times and still nothing. what do i need to do?

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it mite be broke

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Why my mic for ps3 isnt working good right now?

It worked 4 days ago which was last time I played, but I came on today and it is acting weird. By the way its a usb headset. I can hear people a little but not really so hard to hear. They can hear me thou cause I tested it with friend he said he hears...

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The USB headsets arent very good. The wires inside the headset can break easily and can ruin the hearing...

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Heeeeeeeeelppppp :( My mic isnt working and I have no clue what I did..Mic or Headphones..?

My mic NOR head set isnt working!! I did something idk what Can someone help me? Its working but when I go on something that has sound it isn't working all I can hear is sound from my computer...You know like I can hear clicking and blinging and stuff...

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you have ONE playback destination you have ONE recording source control panel sounds sound hardware...

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My mic for windows isnt working!?

my mic does work for any other pc exept mine. all my settings and stuff are all set to the verry top even the volume and the mic one. ive tried everythnig. and the damn thing is still not working. its been several months since it stopped working and...

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It might be and probably is hardware issue. Your mic input hole is bad. Other than that, you might need...

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