Vista & Microphone Echo Problem

Hello

Here is my problem: I recently had a new sound card installed on my computer (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio), running Vista Home Edition, and consequentially purchased a new headphone/microphone to use with this new card. I mainly use the microphone with games and Ventrilo. What is happening is that as soon as i plug in my microphone jack, i can hear myself everything i do in my headphones. When i unplug the microphone the headphones still work, and i can hear everything fine, such as music and other noises, so i believe that the problem is originating with my sound card and the microphone.

I have played around with everything in control panel's and have run several diagnostics, to no avail. Any help in this manner would be greatly appreciated.

Additionally, i purchased the Ritmo ST-860WM headset, if this is of any further help.

Thanks much

Thats called Feedback. There is a setting either in windows, or your soundcard drivers, that lets you turn that on and off. Check the microphone audio settings and check or anykind of loop or feedback option that may be checked.

That should fix any problems.

-PM

Try using the microphone in a different application.
Check the settings for the applications affected.

Yea, this happend to me. added a Sound Blaster Audigy and got feed back from the mic, sounded so godlike tho, hehe.

Hello, i'm french and my english is so bad.

Config : Vista X64 + XtreMusic + Koss SB45.
To reply on your topic, i have the similar problem (cf in french : http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/Windo [...] m#t2814010 ).
To resume, when i start my headphone, i listen my voice into.
In reality, when i start Vista, i haven't the problem, this appear when i launch " record of sound device" in french is : "Périphérique d'enregistrement "
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