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Mic. cuts out after a few seconds. It's not the input device.
Recently, my desktop computer (Dell Precision r3500) started acting up. While on a Skype call the microphone would suddenly go silent after a few seconds of use. I could temporarily fix the problem by muting the mic and then unmuting it which would give me another few seconds (anywhere from 3 to 20 seconds.) Naturally, I thought it was my Logitech Webcam which I've been using as my microphone for a few years now with no previous problems. But when I disconnected the webcam and plugged a microphone into the microphone port on the front of the computer, the problem manifested in exactly the same way.
I then tested the microphone on my laptop running the same Skype application and everything worked great with that machine. The problem isn't Skype, and it isn't the input device. I've checked the drivers and everything there seems to check out okay.
Anyone got a solution? Do I need to buy a cheap sound card? Would that fix this problem?