Faulty sound card?

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Ian_

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Acer Extensa 2350 xp home

Before I go any further, I am aware that the sound card
for the Acer is on the mainboard, not stand alone.

I cant get a microphone to work thru the 3.5" phone jack.

No problem using usb microphone.

Where is the problem likely to be?

Does the usb mic use the "sound card" as such?

Driver problem? Can't see anything obvious in
"Device Manager" Sound and video controllers.

Any suggestions ....Ian
 
"Ian_" <cab2166_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:930qu41mmlpka5acj97nf8k132m4ga6u30@4ax.com...
Acer Extensa 2350 xp home

Before I go any further, I am aware that the sound card
for the Acer is on the mainboard, not stand alone.

I cant get a microphone to work thru the 3.5" phone jack.

No problem using usb microphone.

Where is the problem likely to be?

Does the usb mic use the "sound card" as such?

Driver problem? Can't see anything obvious in
"Device Manager" Sound and video controllers.

Any suggestions ....Ian
Click to expand...

Start at the beginning, is the mic known good? Does it work on other
equipment?
Is the plug making contact correctly with the jack? Is there an open in a
motherboard
trace to the sound chip? Do the line-in jacks work? Is the mic an electret
type? Is the
mic being supplied with a voltage? Is that polarity correct? Some board
can redefine
the jacks for surround sound audio...check for this. If there is a
secondary front panel
mic jack, is it causing the problem?

Let us know what you find...
 
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:08:58 +0000, Ian_ wrote:

Acer Extensa 2350 xp home

Before I go any further, I am aware that the sound card for the Acer is
on the mainboard, not stand alone.

I cant get a microphone to work thru the 3.5" phone jack.
Click to expand...
Selected the correct input?
Removed mute in the mixer
Turned up the volume in the mixer??
No problem using usb microphone.

Where is the problem likely to be?

Does the usb mic use the "sound card" as such?

Driver problem? Can't see anything obvious in "Device Manager" Sound and
video controllers.
Click to expand...
How many options for the mic?
 
On 21 Apr 2009 00:57:37 GMT, terryc <newssevenspam-spam@woa.com.au>
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:08:58 +0000, Ian_ wrote:

Acer Extensa 2350 xp home

Before I go any further, I am aware that the sound card for the Acer is
on the mainboard, not stand alone.

I cant get a microphone to work thru the 3.5" phone jack.

Selected the correct input?
Click to expand...
Forgot to mentio ACER is a Laptop
Only input other than USB

Removed mute in the mixer
Turned up the volume in the mixer??
Click to expand...
Done, Done.
No problem using usb microphone.

Where is the problem likely to be?

Does the usb mic use the "sound card" as such?

Driver problem? Can't see anything obvious in "Device Manager" Sound and
video controllers.

How many options for the mic?
Click to expand...
Have tried them all, Bluetooth, Logitech (usb)(works on usb)
 
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:55:56 -0500, "Lord Garth" <lgarth@tantalus.net>
wrote:

"Ian_" <cab2166_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:930qu41mmlpka5acj97nf8k132m4ga6u30@4ax.com...
Acer Extensa 2350 xp home

Before I go any further, I am aware that the sound card
for the Acer is on the mainboard, not stand alone.

I cant get a microphone to work thru the 3.5" phone jack.

No problem using usb microphone.

Where is the problem likely to be?

Does the usb mic use the "sound card" as such?

Driver problem? Can't see anything obvious in
"Device Manager" Sound and video controllers.

Any suggestions ....Ian


Start at the beginning, is the mic known good? Does it work on other
equipment?
Is the plug making contact correctly with the jack? Is there an open in a
motherboard
trace to the sound chip? Do the line-in jacks work? Is the mic an electret
type? Is the
mic being supplied with a voltage? Is that polarity correct? Some board
can redefine
the jacks for surround sound audio...check for this. If there is a
secondary front panel
mic jack, is it causing the problem?

Let us know what you find...
Click to expand...
Forgot to mention Acer is a laptop

 
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:15:45 +0000, Ian_ wrote:

On 21 Apr 2009 00:57:37 GMT, terryc <newssevenspam-spam@woa.com.au
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:08:58 +0000, Ian_ wrote:

Acer Extensa 2350 xp home

Before I go any further, I am aware that the sound card for the Acer
is on the mainboard, not stand alone.

I cant get a microphone to work thru the 3.5" phone jack.

Selected the correct input?

Forgot to mentio ACER is a Laptop
Only input other than USB
Click to expand...
Naah, in the software settings.
Could be set to a midi* input or some such stuff.
More likely MS driver vs acer driver.
 
Hi,

Ian_ wrote:

Does the usb mic use the "sound card" as such?
Click to expand...
It's totally separate, driver and hardware wise. It is a form of "sound
card" in itself (same with USB headphones).

Regards,

Ross..
 
On 2009-04-20, Ian_ <cab2166_@hotmail.com> wrote:
Acer Extensa 2350 xp home

Before I go any further, I am aware that the sound card
for the Acer is on the mainboard, not stand alone.

I cant get a microphone to work thru the 3.5" phone jack.

No problem using usb microphone.

Where is the problem likely to be?
Click to expand...
Is this a microphone that was supplied with the Acer or is it from
some other source?

Does the usb mic use the "sound card" as such?
Click to expand...
It contains its own "sound card"

Driver problem? Can't see anything obvious in
"Device Manager" Sound and video controllers.
Click to expand...
most soundcards expect an electret microphone, if yours is a dynamic
microphone you may need to shout real loud before anything
registers through the soundcard,
 
On Apr 21, 9:08 am, Ian_ <cab21...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Acer Extensa 2350 xp home

Before I go any further, I am aware that the sound card
for the Acer is on the mainboard, not stand alone.

I cant get a microphone to work thru the 3.5" phone jack.

No problem using usb microphone.

Where is the problem likely to be?

Does the usb mic use the "sound card" as such?

Driver problem? Can't see anything obvious in
"Device Manager" Sound and video controllers.

Any  suggestions ....Ian
Click to expand...

Drivers. I had this same painful problem with an ASUS mother board
(actually 2 of the same model) last year. Microphone was connected
properly, (and the sound "control panel" detected the mic and said it
was connected) and it was a mic designed for PC use but it refused to
register any sound into the PC or even on the "test" screen in the
audio control panel.

I think that updating the driver was the fix in the end.
 
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:08:58 GMT, Ian_ <cab2166_@hotmail.com> wrote:

Acer Extensa 2350 xp home

Before I go any further, I am aware that the sound card
for the Acer is on the mainboard, not stand alone.

I cant get a microphone to work thru the 3.5" phone jack.

No problem using usb microphone.

Where is the problem likely to be?

Does the usb mic use the "sound card" as such?

Driver problem? Can't see anything obvious in
"Device Manager" Sound and video controllers.

Any suggestions ....Ian
Click to expand...

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