Quixote wrote:
I'm sorry for asking the obvious first, but have you checked the mic's recording volume, playback volume, and then finally, the mic boost that is offered in Real Tek? When you plug the mic in, does the window come up that has the list of check-boxes and shows "Mic In" is checked, and then you push OK?
Also, is this a new build with Windows 10, or did you have another Windows version before this? If so, were you having the same problems with any previous Windows versions?
I have checked the recording volume and have tried playback volume to test my mic. I have used Skype and Steam to test my mic aswell. I have tried mic boost in both Windows and Realtek settings with not much improvement. I also used a third party equalizer program and set the preamp to 40, which made it a lot better but didn't fix it. I ended up uninstalling that because it wouldn't work with Steam.
Whenever I plug the mic in I get the window and always click "Mic in".
I installed Windows 7 at first with the build and then upgraded. I did not have an issue with this on Windows 10 for the first few days. In addition, my other Windows 10 laptop, with a different Realtek driver and a different Realtek HD Audio manager, has no problem with this mic.
I found a much older thread on this forums where people were having a similar mic issue with their realtek systems where their mic would fade and become very quiet. I found that many users reported installing a much older Realtek driver worked. This leads me to believe my issues may have been caused by Windows automatically installing new Realtek drivers that had this driver issue. I tried installing one older driver but had no improvement. I may try installing the driver that came with my mobo and see if that improves anything. For the time being I am going without any Realtek drivers at all.
