New laptop i baught a new laptop it has a mic in it but it doesnt seem to work i cant find the mute button fo it !!! any help??? please

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gios_el Feb 07, 2008

I have bought an external microphone A4tech HS-200 (not an USB one), that has no drivers (accordind to the manufacturer), in order to use Skype, but my laptop Toshiba Satelite A50-106 doesn't record the sounds. I have tried to play with the "Sounds and Multimedia" in Control Panel (based on the recommendation found on Skype official site). Now the question is.....can I do something about ity??? or maybe my laptop doesn't have a appropriate sound card????
Anonymous Mar 31, 2008

My external headset microphone suddenly stopped working while talking on Skype. The audio works fine but no one can hear me. Replacing the mic did not help. I wonder if I have hit a key which knocked it out?
Beaker777 May 03, 2008

Same issue Toshiba brand new and skpe says the mic is muted? It looks good from windows controla panel?????? Toshiba A215
Anonymous Aug 16, 2008

i have a toshiba laptop and have never been able to get the internal microphone working? it does show on the computer that is has a driver and hardward? what to do?

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I had this problem too. My built in mic wasnt working, but i went to the list of programs (Classic view of the start menu) and under the program folder TOSHIBA > Speech System it'll have a choice "Configure Microphone." After I went through that, it worked fine. Make sure you restart your webcam software though after you've done that if you had it open like me. Hope this works!

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Well after 98 minutes of on hold the technician explained to me that the A215-S5837 without the webcam option does not have an internal microphone. Even though the sound card has the option for it the actual microphone hardware is not installed in the laptop! Oh well off to the store. It was still a good deal!

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Go to the volume control panel (small speaker icon bottom right) and look for Options-Properties-Recording...is the microphone clicked on?

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Most laptops sound control is found by going to Control Panel, Sounds and then clicking Mute in the box of the function you'd like to mute. Sometimes a speaker is down in the system tray in the lower right near your clock. Double clicking on that will open the same controls. If there is a button on the laptop itself, it is generally a "no sound" muting that I don't believe has anything to do with the internal microphone. HTH

Posted on Jun 08, 2007

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