Headphones work, mic suddenly quit working, no admin rights on various public co

homelessnothopeless

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Hello, I'm currently using various County and City public library computers and none of them are recognizing my plantronics mic anymore. The headphones seem to work fine and they've been stored in a heavy cardboard box between uses. I have NO ADMIN rights and have tried accessing google voice via their browsers and/or my portable apps (Firefox, chrome and IE)
 

internetlad

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a mic doesn't use drivers, the drivers will be for the sound chip in the pc, whether it be onboard or dedicated, and if it's not working on multiple devices i can almost guarantee it's the mic.

From my experience with plantronics, it wouldn't surprise me, i had a (fairly) expensive "gaming" headset snap in half while putting it on a month into use from em.

edit: I suppose they also might have a switch on the cord to turn the mic on or off.