Headset mic just randomly stopped working and i've tried everything.

Paparitz

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Alright so I built my computer about 5 years ago and have never experienced this problem before. Randomly the mic on my headset just wouldn't pick up any sound. I plugged my turtlebeach headset in (which is PC compatible) and same thing happened. I could hear out of the headphones but nothing was being picked up by my mic. I've always plugged it into the onboard audio on the back of the computer and never had a problem with it. I figured it may have been the jack that was messed up so I borrowed my friends Razor Kraken 7.1 USB headset and tried that....once again I could hear perfectly through the headphones but the mic was unable to detect any noise. The gray bars next to recording devices just doesn't move at all even when i yell into it no green bars pop up. I've tried everything I can think of to fix this issue....all my drivers are up to date and I've tried reformatting even and updating everything again and still the same problem persist.

My mobo is an ASUS m4a89gtd pro ... and yes i've doubled checked every mute option i can think of.

3 headsets ...2 normal mic jacks 1 USB ...all have sound through headphones but computer won't pick up ANY sound through mic...I'm lost please help!
 

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I guess that just doesn't make sense to me because every USB port on my computer including the front 2 read the razor headset just no sound from the mic if it was only the mic jack on the mobo it'd make more sense
 
Try uninstalling your audio driver's and then installing these ones directly from realtek:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

This appears to be a common problem to your Audio Chipset (ALC892), after googling it.

I have a similar problem with my realtek audio, where I wouldn't get any pickup unless I had +30 boost on it, but that made me insanely staticy. I fixed it by running my audio through Adobe Audition software and then outputting it to a virtual audio cable and having all my stuff use that as my mic input.