Microphone won't work - speakers are fine, just won't reco..

It seems like I have tried everything. I have now tried two mics on
two different computers (both ASUS integrated sound motherboards). I
cannot get any mic to work. I have tried running the MS sound
recorder and watching for the spikes with the sound, but nothing. I
must be doing something so stupid that I can't see it...I just can't
figure out what it is. The speakers work fine, but the mic refuses to
work. I have tried recording with MS sound recorder and listening to
see if anything comes through on all of the inputs, but nothing at
all. I went to device manager, checked out VOICE and everything is
fine. There are no conflicts and no yellow exclamation marks. I also
used the WIZARD with SoundMAX and it tells me that it has failed the
Mic test (on both computers).
What the devil I am doing wrong, I just don't know...



On Sep 27, 9:43 pm, Paul <nos... RemoveThis @needed.com> wrote:
> David De wrote:
> > I have never used my microphone on my ASUS P5P800SE, and tried it
> > today and found that although I can hear fine out the speakers, after
> > using two different microphones, I cannot record sound.
>
> > I tried to go to SoundMax's website to update their product, but
> > couldn't find it. So I went to ASUS and updated the newest driver for
> > the soundmax, but I already have 5.0 and the update was for 5.0.
>
> > So any ideas?
> > I have tried pluggin the microphone into the three different inputs,
> > but nothing works. Also went into Recording properties and switched
> > it to MIC and then tried all the same things with LINE IN. Nothing.
>
> Electret microphones have a higher level signal, than dynamic microphones.
> If the problem is one of signal level, some AC'97 sound solutions have
> a "boost" button, which adds 20dB amplification, to the microphone
> input. Check out the microphone "Advanced" item, as shown here,
> for problems of that nature.
>
> http://forms.analog.com/Form_Pages/soundMAX/soundMAXSupportFAQ.html#m...
>
> As for the rest of your setup, I'd want to have a look in Device
> Manager, and see if the proper devices are shown in there. The other
> place to look, would be the Sound control panel. In Win2K, which I use,
> there is a separate item in the Sound control, for selecting a
> "Sound recording" device. The dialog with the "Sound Recording" option
> is shown here.
>
> https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/l-arvan/Video_Upload/SoundsControlPanel.jpg
>
> Paul
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Ok, found it out. Front Panel was selected. Darn thing

On Sep 28, 6:00 pm, David De <daviddelaneyfilmdirec... RemoveThis @gmail.com>
wrote:
> It seems like I have tried everything. I have now tried two mics on
> two different computers (both ASUS integrated sound motherboards). I
> cannot get any mic to work. I have tried running the MS sound
> recorder and watching for the spikes with the sound, but nothing. I
> must be doing something so stupid that I can't see it...I just can't
> figure out what it is. The speakers work fine, but the mic refuses to
> work. I have tried recording with MS sound recorder and listening to
> see if anything comes through on all of the inputs, but nothing at
> all. I went to device manager, checked out VOICE and everything is
> fine. There are no conflicts and no yellow exclamation marks. I also
> used the WIZARD with SoundMAX and it tells me that it has failed the
> Mic test (on both computers).
> What the devil I am doing wrong, I just don't know...
>
> On Sep 27, 9:43 pm, Paul <nos... RemoveThis @needed.com> wrote:
>
> > David De wrote:
> > > I have never used my microphone on my ASUS P5P800SE, and tried it
> > > today and found that although I can hear fine out the speakers, after
> > > using two different microphones, I cannot record sound.
>
> > > I tried to go to SoundMax's website to update their product, but
> > > couldn't find it. So I went to ASUS and updated the newest driver for
> > > the soundmax, but I already have 5.0 and the update was for 5.0.
>
> > > So any ideas?
> > > I have tried pluggin the microphone into the three different inputs,
> > > but nothing works. Also went into Recording properties and switched
> > > it to MIC and then tried all the same things with LINE IN. Nothing.
>
> > Electret microphones have a higher level signal, than dynamic microphones.
> > If the problem is one of signal level, some AC'97 sound solutions have
> > a "boost" button, which adds 20dB amplification, to the microphone
> > input. Check out the microphone "Advanced" item, as shown here,
> > for problems of that nature.
>
> >http://forms.analog.com/Form_Pages/soundMAX/soundMAXSupportFAQ.html#m...
>
> > As for the rest of your setup, I'd want to have a look in Device
> > Manager, and see if the proper devices are shown in there. The other
> > place to look, would be the Sound control panel. In Win2K, which I use,
> > there is a separate item in the Sound control, for selecting a
> > "Sound recording" device. The dialog with the "Sound Recording" option
> > is shown here.
>
> >https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/l-arvan/Video_Upload/SoundsControlPanel.jpg
>
> > Paul
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David De wrote:
> Ok, found it out. Front Panel was selected. Darn thing
>

Damn, that's an option I forgot

Paul
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> Ok, found it out. Front Panel was selected. Darn thing

Can you tell me where to change the settings please ?
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