Microphone plugged in, but not working on new pc [Realtek]

[DanielsBee]

I'm frustrated, I've literally tried everything what I could find on net, but nothing is working. On Recording Devices it shows that microphone is plugged in, but it's not working. I've just changed to my new pc (on old pc (literally yesterday) the mic was working fine, so it's not the problem with mic). Running Windows 10, Realtek HD Audio.
Things I've tried:
* Automatically updating drivers through device manager (all were up to date)
* Manually updating the drivers
* Separate uninstalling Microphone driver and then let Windows automatically install driver on system startup.
* Disabling/enabling, muting/unmuting mic
* Checked front and back mic ports (all the same problem)

 

[DanielsBee]

BUMP!

 

[Mousemonkey]

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Question from DanielsBee : "Microphone plugged in, but not working on new pc [Realtek]"

I'm frustrated, I've literally tried everything what I could find on net, but nothing is working. On Recording Devices it shows that microphone is plugged in, but it's not working. I've just changed to my new pc (on old pc (literally yesterday) the mic was working fine, so it's not the problem with mic). Running Windows 10, Realtek HD Audio.
Things I've tried:
* Automatically updating drivers through device manager (all were up to date)
* Manually updating the drivers
* Separate uninstalling Microphone driver and then let Windows automatically install driver on system startup.
* Disabling/enabling, muting/unmuting mic
* Checked front and back mic ports (all the same problem)

Is it a USB microphone or XLR?

Is it a USB microphone or XLR?

None of those, it's just 3.5mm jack

Typical realtek drivers have a companion application that lets you set up the inputs/outputs. Windows and that application can fight over each other a little bit.

At least on mine I had to raise the boost to extreme levels to get a reasonable volume level out of the microphone. Otherwise it appeared to not be working.

Typical realtek drivers have a companion application that lets you set up the inputs/outputs. Windows and that application can fight over each other a little bit.

At least on mine I had to raise the boost to extreme levels to get a reasonable volume level out of the microphone. Otherwise it appeared to not be working.

Yeah, I tried max boost, but it just gave out loud static noise or when i banged the mic it gave out some weird sound, but it doesn't pick up any voice.

BUMP!

 

[DanielsBee]

BUMP!

 

[Hollow704]

Also having the same issue with a pc I just built my buddy.

 

[DanielsBee]

Also having the same issue with a pc I just built my buddy.

I've searched whole net regarding this issue, asked on different forums, no luck.
Only thing I haven't yet tried is using any 3.5 jack to usb connector, like this one - https://www.i-tec-europe.eu/?t=3&v=372
Or even any other PCI or USB based audio cards.
Have you had any luck? And what motherboard do you have?

 

[Hollow704]

MSI z170a sli plus. I called MSI n it's the board. Homie doesn't want to wait a month for an RMA so we're gonna grab a USB or internal sound card later once we find a local place that has em and isn't sold out. If I were you, return the mobo if you just built the pc.

But I tried a fresh install of win 10 on pny ssd and a regular WD hdd installed the drivers from Realtek and MSI, neither worked.

 

[DanielsBee]

MSI z170a sli plus. I called MSI n it's the board. Homie doesn't want to wait a month for an RMA so we're gonna grab a USB or internal sound card later once we find a local place that has em and isn't sold out. If I were you, return the mobo if you just built the pc.

But I tried a fresh install of win 10 on pny ssd and a regular WD hdd installed the drivers from Realtek and MSI, neither worked.

Unfortunately, I've already missed my 14 days return policy. I would need to RMA it also, but I'm not up to waiting that long without a pc, so I guess I'll try getting a usb sound card which I linked in previous post.
Let me know when you have tried anything new or fixed it!

 

[hiddeddy]

I'm frustrated, I've literally tried everything what I could find on net, but nothing is working. On Recording Devices it shows that microphone is plugged in, but it's not working. I've just changed to my new pc (on old pc (literally yesterday) the mic was working fine, so it's not the problem with mic). Running Windows 10, Realtek HD Audio.
Things I've tried:
* Automatically updating drivers through device manager (all were up to date)
* Manually updating the drivers
* Separate uninstalling Microphone driver and then let Windows automatically install driver on system startup.
* Disabling/enabling, muting/unmuting mic
* Checked front and back mic ports (all the same problem)

I had the same problem and in my case, my pc detected a headphone instead of a headset. To solve this, go to HD audio manager, microphone, right click the black circle at the right under analog, select connector retasking and select headset instead of headphone. This worked for me.

 

[DanielsBee]

I'm frustrated, I've literally tried everything what I could find on net, but nothing is working. On Recording Devices it shows that microphone is plugged in, but it's not working. I've just changed to my new pc (on old pc (literally yesterday) the mic was working fine, so it's not the problem with mic). Running Windows 10, Realtek HD Audio.
Things I've tried:
* Automatically updating drivers through device manager (all were up to date)
* Manually updating the drivers
* Separate uninstalling Microphone driver and then let Windows automatically install driver on system startup.
* Disabling/enabling, muting/unmuting mic
* Checked front and back mic ports (all the same problem)

I had the same problem and in my case, my pc detected a headphone instead of a headset. To solve this, go to HD audio manager, microphone, right click the black circle at the right under analog, select connector retasking and select headset instead of headphone. This worked for me.

You had Realtek driver? Because I don't see such settings - http://image.prntscr.com/image/ae617839457c44d49f43a5db2a4ba75b.png
If it were, I'm sure I would have already checked it.