What should I do if the microphone does not work?

The built-in microphone on the laptop may not work for a number of reasons. Also you may wonder why the microphone is connected, but it does not work if you use an additional device. But first things first.

Why does not the built-in microphone work?

If your laptop does not see the microphone, then turn it off does not work. First you need to open the device manager and look at the line "Audio, video and game devices." If there are yellow icons, you need drivers, but only necessarily "native".

After you download and install them, you can try to turn on and configure the microphone. But in Windows this way the problem is usually not solved. In this case, you need to open the control panel, the "Sound" tab.

In the window that appears, click the "Write" tab. You will see one or more microphones. If the microphone is not tuned correctly, it will beep, "fonit" or barely audible. Try to configure it.

Click on the "Properties" button and go to the "Levels" tab in the newly opened window, make the adjustment, finding the optimal sound.

If the laptop sees the built-in microphone, you can try the "rollback" of the system. Sometimes the problem is connected with the departure of contacts on the line. In this case, you need the help of a specialist with knowledge of electronics.

If the microphone stops working on the laptop and you can not influence it, you can purchase an external microphone and plug it in by turning off the built-in microphone.

What should I do if the external microphone does not work?

Immediately need to say that if the microphone does not work when talking in Skype, then it's not Skype, but system settings that are to blame. As a rule, you do not need to configure the microphone in the program - it is itself determined with the system. Of course, if you stuck it in the right slot of the audio card.

For a microphone on the side or front panel of the laptop is a special connector - 3.5 jack. Usually it has a pink color, although not always the connectors are colored. In any case, it is marked with a graphic icon.

After connecting, you need to make sure that you have the audio driver installed. This process was described above. After that, you need to make sure that the microphone was defined in Windows. To do this, click on the sound icon on the toolbar. After opening the Realtek Manager, go to the "Microphone" tab and assign a new microphone for use by default.

Similarly, you can configure the microphone through the controller Realtek, if the laptop sees the microphone, but it does not work.