Internal microphone not working windows 7

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Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback? Do I need to uninstall old drivers?

I have tried to install almost every sigmatel driver I've come across in my search for an answer. Thanks for the help so far. Can you open the application. Sometimes it won't run which affects the mic array. If the application will not open, insert a usb device into a usb port and try again while the application is telling you it is not working.

Don't ask me why that would work because I don't know, but dozens of people have confirmed it. I assume you are testing it by recording into Windows Sound Recorder? Could be the mic array is not working. They can become defective or the connection can become loose. In the latter case one has to loosen the bezel around the screen to reconnect it.

Don't know if it will help but there is an online mic test for laptops with 7. Because you see "Sigmatel Codec" in the Sounds properties it means you have a Sigmatel driver installed. When you are running the native driver you just see "High Definition Audio Device". The only Sigmatel driver I think you should use is the Vista one for the , R The audio drivers folders are the ones that have a subfolder named WDM.

Well I uninstalled the sigmatel drivers and tried to install the IDT, but that didn't work either. If I were to reinstall windows would this improve my chances of getting something working? Any ideas? I doubt that reinstalling 7 would help. If the mic array is there -- it was optional at the time of purchase -- and undamaged -- it ought to work under Vista.

I don't have any new ideas, just the ones previously mentioned. Another test you could try is the microphone test in Dell's PC Checkup. I upgraded from Vista to Win 8 and couldn't get the darn mic to work or be recognized for 2 weeks.

Finally found this and worked like a charm Hope this helps someone. I believe that driver was listed by jimco in the first response to your original post or it is the same number anyway. Didn't it work then? Browse Community. Laptops General - Read Only. Turn on suggestions. Step 6: Now select the device you're having trouble with and then click "Next". The screenshot is just representing my case, you need to choose your own device with the problem.

Step 7: Keep following the steps until the problem is fixed and the troubleshooter comes to an end and then check again your microphone. If the troubleshooter didn't make any difference, then it's time to manually install standard audio drivers for Windows:.

Step 2: Search for device manager and then click on "Device Manager". Step 4: Now choose to "Browse my computer for driver software". Step 5: Down below, you will find the option: "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".

Step 7: If you get this warning, just click "Yes". Step 8: That's it, the driver is successfully installed. You can now click "Close". Step 9: It's highly recommended that you restart your computer after any driver changes: some changes will not take place until you do. Learn how to check if your microphone is working, and if not fix the settings.

Step 1: Open Control Panel from the start menu. Step 3: Now click on "Troubleshoot audio recording".