headset microphone way too quiet

[lucas7004]

hi, i got a headset when i built my PC but the problem is that when i tested the mic, it wont work. its been a couple weeks since and im only starting to use it. I have looked it up online and tried

- re-downloading drivers
- changing the audio ports
- messing around in the sound tab in the control panel

when i noticed something: the mic was corking but it was WAY too quiet. so quiet that the PC didn't even recognise it. i have already entered the realtek audio manager and put the volume for the mic to full with the audio boost up to the max (+30db) but it is being reconised but none of my mates can hear me on skype, cs:go or battlefield 4. i have tried every sound test i could find but no luck.

my headset is a Logitech G230 and it is a pretty good headset. the speakers work very well and in very good quality but as i said, the mic is not working for me at all. i went onto the Logitech website and went onto support and went to "my mic doesnt work" or something like that and i followed everything but still no luck.

 

[HEXiT]

mate the g230 is a basic headset. it doesnt have a high impedance (32 ohms) so should work fine from the front and back audio without needing an external amp.
my guess is the headset is faulty, so if you can send it back.

 

[lucas7004]

i have gone into the steam mic settings and the mic is working very well there and can clearly hear myself but in cs:go i still cant talk whatsoever. in the windows mic setup it deos reconise it but it barely ever passes the yellow mark. how do i fix this? i dont think it faulty just yet. i also used skypes echo call but i couldnt hear myself at all. i dont know that i think i should, or someone will respond, but ok. i just used skypes echo call and i couldnt hear myself at all. i dont know if i should, but ok. so i guess that the adio settings in steam are the only ones working. in steam i can very clearly hear myslef and at some times, quite loud so the mic isnt faulty from what i can see.

 

[HEXiT]

turn off the listen to mic and go into the settings of each of the apps and turn up the response there.
skype if i remember correctly has its own audio settings so your other apps may 2.
make sure the mic is setup properly in each app.