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unholymist

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This is really getting annoying.

So, I have a Mac Pro running Windows 7 64-bit through Boot Camp. I also have a Razer Carcharias gaming headset. I plugged in the Line-Out and Mic cables from the carcharias into the mac. The audio works great, as always, but the mic doesn't work at all.

I've been reading online that it's because the Mac Pro has a "Line-In" port which doesn't supply the Power that a mic needs to run. Now, this would make sense... but I've used the Mic before. Back when I had Windows XP, the mic worked great. Now, with Windows 7, it doesn't work at all.

Can anyone help me out? Thanks.
 

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Apple
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Mac OS X Leopard, Windows 7 RC 64-bit, Ubuntu 9.04
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Intel Xeon @ 2.8GHz
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EVGA GTX 285 1GB
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Generic
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unholymist said:
Now, this would make sense... but I've used the Mic before. Back when I had Windows XP, the mic worked great. Now, with Windows 7, it doesn't work at all.

Can anyone help me out? Thanks.
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Hi.

No, that would not make any sense for Apple to include a mic port on the hardware if it was incapable of using it.

Right click on the speaker icon in the system tray near the clock. Recording devices. Right click on the mic and set it as default communication device. If you don't see it, right click on anything there and set it to show disabled and also disconnected devices.

If that doesn't help you see the mic:

See if you can install the XP driver you have, for audio. Use the device manager. Right click on the audio device. Update driver software. Browse. Let me pick. Have disk. Browse. Double click on the .inf (that was extracted from the driver install). Hit ok. Hit next. After it's done isntalling, reboot.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Yeah, I've tried that and it doesn't work. The input volume is maxed, nothing is muted, and it's enabled, etc.

I use Realtek Audio Drivers, would the XP Version found on their site work?

torrentg said:
unholymist said:
Now, this would make sense... but I've used the Mic before. Back when I had Windows XP, the mic worked great. Now, with Windows 7, it doesn't work at all.

Can anyone help me out? Thanks.
Click to expand...

Hi.

No, that would not make any sense for Apple to include a mic port on the hardware if it was incapable of using it.

Right click on the speaker icon in the system tray near the clock. Recording devices. Right click on the mic and set it as default communication device. If you don't see it, right click on anything there and set it to show disabled and also disconnected devices.

If that doesn't help you see the mic:

See if you can install the XP driver you have, for audio. Use the device manager. Right click on the audio device. Update driver software. Browse. Let me pick. Have disk. Browse. Double click on the .inf (that was extracted from the driver install). Hit ok. Hit next. After it's done isntalling, reboot.
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Apple
OS
Mac OS X Leopard, Windows 7 RC 64-bit, Ubuntu 9.04
CPU
Intel Xeon @ 2.8GHz
Memory
2GB, 800MHz, DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 285 1GB
Sound Card
Generic
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 26" T260, LG 19" Flatron (Old)
Hard Drives
Internal : 270GB 7200RPM, 500GB 7200RPM, 230GB 7200RPM
External : HP 500GB 7200RPM
Case
Mac Pro
You may try. Rollback using the device manager if there's an issue.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
DUDE I have a mac pro running 7 also, I bought the same head set for my steam games from "best buy" today and I'm having the same exact problem. Did you find a work around yet? Seems like a driver issue to me...
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
mac pro 3,1 8 core
OS
windows 7 64 bit
bshrope said:
DUDE I have a mac pro running 7 also, I bought the same head set for my steam games from "best buy" today and I'm having the same exact problem. Did you find a work around yet? Seems like a driver issue to me...
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It could be, since it worked when I had Windows XP. I kinda gave in and just ordered a Razer Megalodon Headset though... They connect over (only) USB so they'll work for sure.

Send me a PM if you get it working, though.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Apple
OS
Mac OS X Leopard, Windows 7 RC 64-bit, Ubuntu 9.04
CPU
Intel Xeon @ 2.8GHz
Memory
2GB, 800MHz, DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 285 1GB
Sound Card
Generic
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 26" T260, LG 19" Flatron (Old)
Hard Drives
Internal : 270GB 7200RPM, 500GB 7200RPM, 230GB 7200RPM
External : HP 500GB 7200RPM
Case
Mac Pro
Hey Unholymist,
I got in touch with apple support about this and the jack in the back is an "analog in" which is different than a microphone jack. I took my headset back and got a USB one too, which I like better because the input is digital!

As per your earlier post, an "analog in" jack is in fact "unpowered". you could plug any sound playing device into that analog in jack and the mac would capture that sound for use in video/audio editing but an unpowered source like a gaming headset won't work.

Dude if you get a chance pick up the "EVGA GeForce GTX 285 Graphics card for Mac" from the Apple store (Mac Pro early 2008 and 2009 supported) It's only like 450.00 and it's a 1 gigabyte nVidia Cuda Card and it runs any game at 2560 x 1600 res. on a 30" cinema perfectly and smoothly with power to spare. Amazing graphics power for the price, highly recomended! My only gripe with the macs was the lack of good video card iptions for gaming on the windows side and this is what so many of us were waiting for. It's SICK! Good luck dude...
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
mac pro 3,1 8 core
OS
windows 7 64 bit
bshrope said:
Hey Unholymist,
I got in touch with apple support about this and the jack in the back is an "analog in" which is different than a microphone jack. I took my headset back and got a USB one too, which I like better because the input is digital!

As per your earlier post, an "analog in" jack is in fact "unpowered". you could plug any sound playing device into that analog in jack and the mac would capture that sound for use in video/audio editing but an unpowered source like a gaming headset won't work.

Dude if you get a chance pick up the "EVGA GeForce GTX 285 Graphics card for Mac" from the Apple store (Mac Pro early 2008 and 2009 supported) It's only like 450.00 and it's a 1 gigabyte nVidia Cuda Card and it runs any game at 2560 x 1600 res. on a 30" cinema perfectly and smoothly with power to spare. Amazing graphics power for the price, highly recomended! My only gripe with the macs was the lack of good video card iptions for gaming on the windows side and this is what so many of us were waiting for. It's SICK! Good luck dude...
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Yeah, I got it when it came out, love it! I, also, was waiting for it. Up until then I had been using an 8800GT. Incredible improvement.

Just curious, what headset did you get?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Apple
OS
Mac OS X Leopard, Windows 7 RC 64-bit, Ubuntu 9.04
CPU
Intel Xeon @ 2.8GHz
Memory
2GB, 800MHz, DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 285 1GB
Sound Card
Generic
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 26" T260, LG 19" Flatron (Old)
Hard Drives
Internal : 270GB 7200RPM, 500GB 7200RPM, 230GB 7200RPM
External : HP 500GB 7200RPM
Case
Mac Pro
Check with the manufacturer on a driver & update.

Tara
Windows Outreach
 

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OS
Windows 7
unholymist said:
bshrope said:
Just curious, what headset did you get?
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Plantronics Gamecom. Don't know which model as I threw the box away already but it has some kind of funny little virtual sound card on the cable which claims to give you a little bit of a 5.1 experience. I have noticed I'm able to tell which side/front/back the bad guys are at in game so it's kinda cool for sure.
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
mac pro 3,1 8 core
OS
windows 7 64 bit
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