Need help with a mic.

[Jipper]

Hey!

Long story short, I reformatted my computer sound didn't work(sound card was like 10 years old.) So I bought a new sound card and I got my sound working just now, but my microphone doesn't work. Any ideas?

[soybean]

Have you verified mic is not muted?  When you installed the new sound card, did the driver/software you installed put a custom icon in your system tray for sound controls?  If so, double click on it to open it and search for a setting to "Boost microphone" or something similar.  I can't say for sure whether you have the feature but, if you do, you'll need to enable it before you get any sound.

[Jipper]

Have you verified mic is not muted?  When you installed the new sound card, did the driver/software you installed put a custom icon in your system tray for sound controls?  If so, double click on it to open it and search for a setting to "Boost microphone" or something similar.  I can't say for sure whether you have the feature but, if you do, you'll need to enable it before you get any sound.

Seems I have all boost microphone settings, etc. I tried some other microphones too, and it's not muted. Any other ideas?

[soybean]

Seems I have all boost microphone settings,

So, you have something like this?:

[Jipper]

Seems I have all boost microphone settings,

So, you have something like this?:

Ohh, I thought you were talking about something different. How do I bring up that window to enable ''Boost?''

[neljan]

Down in the bottom right corner, do you see the volume control icon (a little speaker icon)?

Double click that & check/see if the microphone has been muted.

[patio]

You can also find the settings in Control Panel/Sounds and Multimedia as well.