Microphone and audio jacks

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Hi there,

I have recently built a new PC based on an ASUS A8N-SLI mainboard which
has Realtek AC97 audio and auto connector-sensing features.

I am having two problems related to audio.

1. Microphone not working
=========================

I am trying to use a regular PC microphone from Creative Labs which I
had been using without problems with a Soundblaster Live! card on my
old PC. The mic comes with a mini stereo jack, even though it inputs
mono sound of course.

When I try to connect the mic to the pink socket on my mainboard, I get
no sound. I have checked all the usual software-related stuff such as
ensuring that the mic is not muted on the playback mixer. However, as I
insert it into the jack I can hear cracking on my speakers which
indicate signs of life. Also, I have noted that if I insert the mic
around half-way through, it actually works!!! Of course, the mic is
very loose that way and as soon as I move it slightly I lose contact.
Then, when I insert it fully, I get no sound whatsoever.

I have also tried using Realtek Sound Manager from Control Panel, and
tried the Connector Sensing feature. It detects the mic as stereo
line-in rather than microphone.

Could that mini stereo jack on the mic be the problem?

2. Connector Sensing
====================

With respect to the connector sensing feature mentioned above, I have a
further problem. I currently have a four-speaker configuration (front
left/right and rear left/right), and yet connector sensing detects
powered speakers on my center/subwoofer connector, and passive
speakers/headphones on my side speakers!! I have nothing connected to
these sockets!

I also have a TV tuner card on my PC and loop-back its sound output to
line-in connector on the mainboard. Now this is working fine, because I
can hear sound perfectly when I switch on my TV application. However,
the connector sensing function says there is no signal on this
connector and displays a big red exclamation mark!

Why do you think am I having all these problems?

Any help and comments would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Clyde

 

[Ed]

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On 12 Feb 2005 17:15:07 -0800, cellul@msn.com wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>I have recently built a new PC based on an ASUS A8N-SLI mainboard which
>has Realtek AC97 audio and auto connector-sensing features.
>
>I am having two problems related to audio.
>
>1. Microphone not working
>=========================
>
>I am trying to use a regular PC microphone from Creative Labs which I
>had been using without problems with a Soundblaster Live! card on my
>old PC. The mic comes with a mini stereo jack, even though it inputs
>mono sound of course.
>
>When I try to connect the mic to the pink socket on my mainboard, I get
>no sound. I have checked all the usual software-related stuff such as
>ensuring that the mic is not muted on the playback mixer. However, as I
>insert it into the jack I can hear cracking on my speakers which
>indicate signs of life. Also, I have noted that if I insert the mic
>around half-way through, it actually works!!! Of course, the mic is
>very loose that way and as soon as I move it slightly I lose contact.
>Then, when I insert it fully, I get no sound whatsoever.
>
>I have also tried using Realtek Sound Manager from Control Panel, and
>tried the Connector Sensing feature. It detects the mic as stereo
>line-in rather than microphone.
>
>Could that mini stereo jack on the mic be the problem?
>
>2. Connector Sensing
>====================
>
>With respect to the connector sensing feature mentioned above, I have a
>further problem. I currently have a four-speaker configuration (front
>left/right and rear left/right), and yet connector sensing detects
>powered speakers on my center/subwoofer connector, and passive
>speakers/headphones on my side speakers!! I have nothing connected to
>these sockets!
>
>I also have a TV tuner card on my PC and loop-back its sound output to
>line-in connector on the mainboard. Now this is working fine, because I
>can hear sound perfectly when I switch on my TV application. However,
>the connector sensing function says there is no signal on this
>connector and displays a big red exclamation mark!
>
>Why do you think am I having all these problems?
>
>Any help and comments would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
>Regards,
>Clyde

fwiw, I have an old Creative Labs MIC and it acted just like yours on my
A7N8X onboard sound (Realtek ACL650), maybe the Creative MICs are
non-standard, got another MIC to try?

Ed

 

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Not at the moment, but I'll bring over a headset I have at work
tomorrow and will let you know. Trouble is, I think the mic jack on
that one is also a stereo connector.

 

[Ed]

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On 13 Feb 2005 05:09:19 -0800, cellul@msn.com wrote:

>Not at the moment, but I'll bring over a headset I have at work
>tomorrow and will let you know. Trouble is, I think the mic jack on
>that one is also a stereo connector.

Good luck,
I ended up disabling the onboard sound and got an Audigy 2. ;p
Ed