Microphone too loud!

[Shubham93131]

Hello guys, so i have a headphones with a mic which i normally use for gaming. I also bought a new hp gaming laptop with windows 10 in it, after playing sometime i was told by my teammates that my mic isn't working i.e they can't hear me. So i found out after many google searches and videos that the mic which is built in the right panel of the laptop was being used and was set as default. My headphones didn't detect in the windows so i tried this and it worked -- device manager -- sound -- high definition -- update driver -- browse my computer for drivers and auto locate the existing drivers. This is how i got my headphones mic working. But when i test it on steam in game the background is just tooooooo loud that i can hear a door sound loudly which is 4-5 metre away from me. And when i remove the pins of the headphones (there are two pins , one for audio and other for mic which is joint by a connector as i have only 1 audio jack on laptop) i hear a loud shrieking voice like of a metro railway or something. I dont know what is causing the problem, it's too weird because a few days back the mic was working perfectly (of headphones).
Please somebody help me!!! 🙁

 

[R_1]

in sound settings you should be able to adjust the Mic volume. ( in win 7 right click on volume icon on taskbar and click recording devices)
my headset has a wicked good mic and I have to limit it to 16 of 100.

 

[Shubham93131]

Is there any other way? Because for lowering the mic volume i need to speak very loudly to which my parents get irritated :-/. I need a method in which i can to speak softly without background noise... Thanks by the way!

 

[Shubham93131]

So, i live in mumbai, the climate is very hot here so of course i need to run the ceiling fan. The background volume gets decreased with lowering the mic volume but it also wants me to speak loudly. Is there a way i can reduce the fan volume recorded in the mic so that my teammates don't get disturbed?
Thanks

 

[R_1]

Have you made sure that boost is disabled in the windows settings for the mic? the boost can cause issues, disable it. if software fails try hardware-insulate the mic from the background noises.
make a shroud that will block anything but what you want, in this case being your mouth.
a miniature GOBO.

 

[Shubham93131]

You mean the bar under mic volume? I tried boosting that (12 db and 24 db) but it automatically increases and decreases mic volume so i kept it at 0, off

 

[Shubham93131]

Decreasing the mic volume solved the shrieking voice after removing the pins of the mic from the laptop but the fan sound on the background continues. My friend told me that he could hear me clearly but there was a lot of noise of the fan. Thanks though