PC doesn't see Microphone untill its unpluged & pluged back in

[mc1548]

I have to unplug and plug in my microphone before my computer recognizes it. My drivers are up to date.

 

[simmo]

I have to unplug and plug in my microphone before my computer recognizes it. My drivers are up to date.

and?

 

[mc1548]

and?, ???
and then I have to unplug my audio male jack from my external microphone & then plug it into the female jack located on my computer to get it to work, I have to do this every time I shut down or restart my computer.
This is very annoying & I posted this because I thought someone on this site might have a Fix for this problem!!

 

[simmo]

well lol we might if we had any idea what you meant..no system specs are no help...so if you care to fill in system specs we may be able to begin.
And that means your PC Hardware not just what OS your using. cheers

 

[mc1548]

well lol we might if we had any idea what you meant..no system specs are no help...so if you care to fill in system specs we may be able to begin.
And that means your PC Hardware not just what OS your using. cheers

Here's the hardware info but I suspect it being a software problem rather than a Hardware.

Operating System System Model Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) (build 7600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States) No details available Processor a Main Circuit Board b 3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-2600
No memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total) Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. BLH6710H.86A.0076.2010.1115.1959 11/15/2010 Drives Memory Modules c,d 5000.88 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
3456.75 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ATAPI iHAS124 B [CD-ROM drive]
ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH12LS35 [CD-ROM drive]

Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0, s/n PJ9911ZH52GLUD
Multi Flash Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
ST32000542AS [Hard drive] (2000.40 GB) -- drive 2, s/n 5XW25MNY, rev CC34, Not SMART
WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 [Hard drive] (2000.40 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WMAZA0003607, rev 51.0AB51, Not SMART 14246 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory Local Drive Volumes


c: (NTFS on drive 0) 55.32 GB 6.94 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 2) 2000.40 GB 646.30 GB free e: (NTFS on drive 0) 944.77 GB 805.76 GB free k: (NTFS on drive 1) 2000.40 GB 1997.74 GB free Network Drives None detected Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accountslast logon

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Marks a locked account Brother HL-5140 series on \\Tiana-PC\Brother HL-5140 series Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort: Controllers Display Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) HD Graphics Family [Display adapter]
STD HDMI TV [Monitor] (19.1"vis, March 2010) Bus Adapters Multimedia Virtual CloneDrive
Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1C26
Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1C2D
Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller
Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub Intel(R) Display Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio Virus Protection [Back to Top] new Group Policies No details available None discovered Communications Other Devices


Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.66 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.1.254
Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.254
Physical Address: E0:69:95:57:0C:03 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Networking Dns Server: 192.168.1.254 Acronis True Image Backup Archive Explorer
HID-compliant consumer control device
HID-compliant device
USB Input Device (3x)
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant mouse
Generic USB Hub (3x)
USB Composite Device
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Root Hub (2x)
Generic volume shadow copy

 

[simmo]

I take it your using onboard sound..I don't see a dedicated sound card...does the mic connect to the PC via usb or does it use 2 flexi jacks? I will have to look at the realtek outputs on my rig but I would assume there is a mic jack on your I/O. You should be able to just connect to that.
I use a dedicated card so hopefully someone using onboard will comment soon. I have never managed to get a mic that connects via usb to work so I simply dont use one that does.
Does the realtek thing have any control panel type thing like creative?

 

[mc1548]

Windows wanted me to load in a new driver which I did thinking that might fix the problem but it didn't, it's called a realtek HD audio manager and it appears to be set correctly at least as far as the microphone goes. and yes it is an integrated sound card. This basically was asked

 

[mc1548]

Windows wanted me to load in a new driver which I did thinking that might fix the problem but it didn't, it's called a realtek HD audio manager and it appears to be set correctly at least as far as the microphone goes. and yes it is an integrated sound card.