Headphones working, microphone not

You should be able to get the driver from the website of whoever makes your sound card. If it is integrated sound, then you should look at teh motherboard web site.

Also, go into your control panel and check out teh sounds and devises part. There are tons of volume settings for most sound cards and chances are that one of the volume bars is at 0 or you have something muted.


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OK, I downloaded the driver for my sound card (Xtreme Sound 5.1/16 Bit Sound Card) and restarted the computer, but the problem is still not solved. Microphone is not muted, but in sound options, the box to change microphone option is all greyed out, which I guess means that the computer is not recognizing it.

How is your sound card configured?

Is it set (on the sound card driver/util) to two channel stereo?

Many newer cards offer you the capability to run 5.1 from the card in analog format as well.

This means what you thought was running your mike is now configured to be the center channel or sub output instead of an input. It is a matter of configuration.

plug-up a set of known-good-speakers to that jack. See if there's output

Thats the problem, my logitech microphone doesn't show up in the tab. It only says
Xtreme Sound Audio PCI Device

clutch that IS it.

Sorry that defines the port not the device... My bad for not being clearer..

It is drifting upwards because it is automatically trying to get your levels correct.

Not sure what your issue is...

Could you post your exact model number?

I am having the same problem. I also get an error message when I try to test my microphone with Sound Recorder. The error message I get says:

"Another program is recording audio. Please stop recording with the other program and try recording with Sound Recorder again."

I have updated my AC'97 Audio drivers but neither problem is solved. Help is required!

You know, I had that headset until I ran the cord over too many times with my chair brilliant on my part actually. Anyways what you need to do is plug the headset and mic into another computer and check their to see if it works, if not then my guess is mic is defective. If it does work then make sure you don't have the mic plugged into the line in port on the card, make sure your card is set as the the default device heres how. Under sounds and audio device properties in the control panel, go to the audio tab and make sure your card is set as the default device under sound playback and sound recording. Then go to the voice tab and make sure it is set for voice playback and voice recording.

I think the issue is just poor design on Logitech's part. I can plug in any number of handheld microphones and they all work fine, but even at full volume settings using either of three different Logitech brand headset models, none of them seem to work unless mic boost is enabled and everything turned up so high I hear digital noise of my mouse moving more than voice from the mocrophone. Perhaps they raised the noise cancellation to an extreme that includes almost any sound at all, even voice directly into the mocrophones.

Does anybody make a simple, basic, working headset with microphone?? Perhaps even without the dysfunctional, use-inhibiting noise reduction?