Nobody can hear you on your laptop?
Before you pull the trigger on a replacement microphone, check out our troubleshooting tips and proven fixes.
Other issues are more complicated and will require the assistance of a professional.
To fix your laptop microphone, adhere to these instructions in order:
verify your microphone isn’t muted.
Your microphone may also be muted in your sound options.
confirm the correct microphone is set as the default.
To check and change your default microphone:
ensure your app has access to the microphone.
Skip this step if you are using Windows 7.
Laptops are designed to automatically switch between the built-in microphone and external hardware when it’s plugged in.
Doing so may cause the software to finally switch to the correct microphone.
see to it your microphone rig isn’t disabled.
Using the rig manager, you’ll want to check that that your microphone is actually enabled.
If it isn’t, then you might try enabling it.
If it remains disabled, there may be a hardware or driver conflict.
In either case, running the troubleshooter or updating the unit driver may allow you to enable your microphone.
initiate the sound troubleshooter.
Allow it to completely run its course, and then check to see if your microphone works.
Check for audio driver updates.
If your microphone driver is bad or out of date, it will prevent your microphone from working correctly.
Check for physical problems.
If your microphone still doesn’t work, there may be a physical problem with your microphone.
Try thesemicrophone troubleshooting steps if you have an HP laptop.
