Line in/Mic not working

[Fangus]

Hi there.
I have an Auzentech X-FI Prelude card, that's suddenly stopped working for my microphone. Whilst my microphone's in the mic input it's practically inaudible though loud noises are picked up, and it doesn't seem to work at all on the line-in input. Mic boost etc. is on, and the drivers are up to date. It just seemed to stop working one time I switched it on, and I've tried reinstalling the drivers. I'm on Windows 7 64-bit. Any ideas how to fix this? The microphone definitely works.
Thanks
Angus

 

[Jonathan_King]

Have you tried the mic in another machine to make sure the mic is not the issue?

If the problem only arose recently, maybe a system restore will take care of the issue.

 

[Fangus]

Have you tried the mic in another machine to make sure the mic is not the issue?

If the problem only arose recently, maybe a system restore will take care of the issue.

Yeah, I've used the mic in another machine and it works fine. I might try a system restore in a bit, don't know exactly when it was working though

 

[Jonathan_King]

You can also try uninstalling the sound card in Device Manager and rebooting. Then let Windows automatically install drivers.

 

[Fangus]

You can also try uninstalling the sound card in Device Manager and rebooting. Then let Windows automatically install drivers.

That didn't work either. I'm not sure if it uninstalled the drivers properly as all the Auzentech stuff was still there after I rebooted. I've already tried completely reinstalling the drivers.

 

[mpcrsc562]

See if this works:
-Right click speaker icon in taskbar;
-Select Communications tab;
-Check the radio button that states: Do nothing

 

[Fangus]

See if this works:
-Right click speaker icon in taskbar;
-Select Communications tab;
-Check the radio button that states: Do nothing

It didn't, but now that I've changed it it still doesn't work.

 

[Nader Abudeib]

I have the exact same problem with my mic, it stopped working and all my attempts to fix it were unsuccessful. Pleas help.

 

[debbiewarcliffe]

I am having the same problem.....my in line mic is not working on my new ASUS ROG G51J laptop. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers to no avail....the built in mic is awful. I plan on buying a usb headset, but still....the in line should work! Please help!