I have been through every aspect of the audio setting (control
panel-sound)I have selected my microphone as the default, but I do not
see a mic volume option in there... even when I click on configure. I
have gone through the microphone set up module (in the control panel
under speech recognition) at least a 100 times...lol. The microphone
itself has a volume adjustment button... which I have turned all the way
up. Do you know where the microphone volume option is? I am fresh out
of ideas. Thanks


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ladybiker25

"ladybiker25" wrote in message
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I have a HP Pavillion m7750n Vista. I was trying to install the Realtek
AC'97 Audio Codecs. I am honestly not sure if this is the right one for
my computer. I am feebly trying to troubleshoot. Here is my issue. I
am unable to hear my microphone on my computer... for yahoo messenger,
skype, etc. The computer is recognizing it and telling me that it the
microphone volume is quiet and others may not be able to hear me. I
went through the sounds set up... it is stating that the microphone is
operational, but it does state that my sound is weak. My computer
speakers are working fine. I looked on the control panel and I do not
see a sound driver installed. My assumption is that the microphone
needs the sound driver to work. The microphone is not muted and it is
definately an operational microphone as I have tried 2 brand new desktop
microphones and a brand new headset with microphone. Thanks


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ladybiker25

The HP comes with the drivers it needs already installed, but the one you
are downloading is the wrong one anyway. The computer has the Realtek ALC
888 chipset, which uses Realtek's High Definition audio driver, not the
AC'97 driver. Anyway you should only get the updated drivers from HP if you
need them. They may not be the newest but they will work. The download pages
a

32Bit Vista ----
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s... oduct=3339301

or

64Bit Vista ----
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s... oduct=3339301


With these multi-channel and multiple input audio devices you need to pay
special attention to which inputs/outputs you are using and which of those
happen to be set as the default devices in Windows. For instance you
probably have both front and rear microphone inputs on the computer plus you
might have another microphone built into the webcam. Any one of those could
be preset as the default recording device so you need to make sure that the
microphone you want to use is made the default device in Windows. You can
set this yourself in either of two different places, either in the Windows
sound mixer (right click the speaker icon in system tray) under recording
devices or in the Realtek Audio Manager (also system tray or in Control
Panel) by selecting the microphone you want to be the default.

Messenger programs tend to start off being configured to use the "default
windows" audio (or video) device. If that device/input doesn't happen to be
the same as the microphone you are actually using it won't work properly
unless you change the messenger audio setting to the exact microphone input
you are using.

"ladybiker25" wrote in message
...

I have been through every aspect of the audio setting (control
panel-sound)I have selected my microphone as the default, but I do not
see a mic volume option in there... even when I click on configure. I
have gone through the microphone set up module (in the control panel
under speech recognition) at least a 100 times...lol. The microphone
itself has a volume adjustment button... which I have turned all the way
up. Do you know where the microphone volume option is? I am fresh out
of ideas. Thanks


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ladybiker25

Sound- Recording Devices- your microphone- Properties - Levels

You probably won't actually want to hear your own voice through the mic when
you are chatting with someone... for one thing it will cause echo when it
bounces back to you from the person you are chatting with and for another
beyond certain volume levels it can cause nasty feedback through your own
speakers unless you're using a headset.

"ladybiker25" wrote in message
...

I have been through every aspect of the audio setting (control
panel-sound)I have selected my microphone as the default, but I do not
see a mic volume option in there... even when I click on configure. I

Don't hit the Configure button, hit the Properties button on the right side.


have gone through the microphone set up module (in the control panel
under speech recognition) at least a 100 times...lol. The microphone
itself has a volume adjustment button... which I have turned all the way
up. Do you know where the microphone volume option is? I am fresh out
of ideas. Thanks


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ladybiker25

Thank you for your help. I downloaded the correct Realtek driver from
the HP site. Then went into Realtek on the control panel and un-muted
the microphone. Problem solved. Thank you for all you help everyone!


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ladybiker25