mic not working on front panel

arnieboy · 03 Feb 2011

Hi

I bought my wife a new pc as the old one was a single processor and very slow. It has 2 issues. The new one seemed straight forward, quad core much faster but two issues are annoying enough to make my wife not want it.

1. The front panel seems to be wired differently to the old pc - my wife uses headphones with a mic for skype. Plugging in the phones did not get any sound. When I fixed this (I ticked the disable jack detection box which makes the phones part work but the mic does not work) the muting of the rear did not work. I swapped the old front panel from the old pc which includes a firewire port - so I am guessing the cables to the motherboard are digital rather than analogue? - and with this auto detection works. So is this an analogue vs digital issue? Trouble is the old panel won't fit the new case so I am stuck with the new front panel. As I say I can get the phones to work, the mic generally not but it did seem to work one time my wife played with setting (I was absent) and the auto mute does not work. I read some threads about ac'97 but nothing seems definitive.

2. I added in the hard disks from the old pc. One of them is recognised but after a while disappears. Explorer just does not show it and you have to reboot. The other is ok all the time.

Any help appreciated - I am semi techy by the way but not very. I can get the processor/motherboard spec if needed - it's Gigabyte I believe. Running Windows 7 64 bit.

Thanks

brianzion · 03 Feb 2011

hi there :)
to help diagnose the pc could you download a program and show the results partially the sound/Graphics etc that will show the details its very safe and secure used by many members on this forum its called speccy by piriform. link is here

Speccy - Standard

Speccy - System Information - Free Download

Overview
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Graphics card
Operating system
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arnieboy · 03 Feb 2011

Thanks for the suggestion - I have realised that this may be related to a Skype specific issue - the mic is ok, it's the phones part of the headset which does not work, yet when playing music it does. Hence I think it's Skype, which shows two Realtek options for phones, I assume one is the front panel.

As for the hard disk I looked at the event viewer and it showed a paging error - not sure what could cause this? Overheating?

Rgds

brianzion · 03 Feb 2011

paging error can you post the details of this has windows gave you any pop ups like Limited Virtual Memory
Your system has no paging file, or the paging file is too small.

To fix this problem, go to System in Control Panel, click the Advanced tab, and under Performance, click Settings. On the Advanced tab, click Change. Click 'Custom size,' and then type an initial or maximum paging file size.

Paging is an important part of virtual memory implementation in most contemporary general-purpose operating systems, allowing them to use disk storage for data that does not fit into physical random-access memory (RAM).

arnieboy · 04 Feb 2011

Hi please see the screenshot of an example warning

brianzion · 04 Feb 2011

Perform a SFC Scan

1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow

2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

sfc /scannow

A message will appear stating that 'The system scan will begin'. Be patient because the scan may take some time

3. If any files require a replace SFC will replace them. You may be asked to insert your Windows 7 DVD for this process to continue

4. If everything is okay you should, after the scan, see the following message "Windows resource protection did not find any integrity violations"

5. After the scan has completed, close the command prompt window, restart the computer and check.

more information here

How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7

ALSO DO THIS

(brinks tutorial) How to Run Disk Check in Windows 7 LINK

Disk Check

arnieboy · 08 Feb 2011

Hi

The cmd prompt gave this

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

C:\Windows\system32>

Thanks