Logitech mircrophone hey, i have a logitech microphone, i dont know the model, it plugs into the back of the computer into the microphone input port. Its a headset too. it used to work perfectly fine. i didnt use it for round a year and now all a sudden it dont work right, i tried to use it with msn messenger and the person on the other end tells me its really choppy and not clear. i tested it with the sound recorder on windows xp, it records fine and i can play it and hear exactly what i said. does anyone have any solutions? plz help, is it only msn messenger?

Is your computer a laptop or a desktop? How old is it? Which make/model of computer do you have?

For an older desktop, the microphone input will be on the back of the computer. There are usually three 3.5 mm jacks for audio connections. The pink connector is for the microphone. The black connector is for Line In and the green is line out (speakers). Often they are towards the far side of the motherboard connections from any PS2 (keyboard and mouse) ports. Otherwise, they will line up with one of the card slots.

Newer desktop computers often have additional audio ports for surround sound. However, the pink jack for the microphone is standard. If the computer has front audio ports, you may find that the same color labels the jacks. Otherwise look closely at the icons next to the ports. These will be in addition to the back audio ports.

Laptops can have the audio ports on the front, back or side depending on the model. There will be a small icon with a stand microphone indicated for the microphone port.

If you have one of the newer USB microphones, plug it into an available USB port.

If the computer has no working audio ports, either get a USB microphone or add a sound card.

I hope this helps. If you add a comment with your computer's brand and model number, I'll try to provide the exact audio port details. (There are some computer motherboards that do not have on-board audio and you will need a sound card.)

Cindy Wells
(on Windows computers, you may have to change the default audio input. Click Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Manage Audio Devices. (for Windows 7) For other versions of Windows, you may find slightly different titles in the Control Panel.)

Try plugging it into different ports, not all USB ports are powered.

Make sure you have selected the audio input when it is plugged in by opening System Preferences -> Sound -> Input -> Highlight "Line In" and see if the volume is set high enough and test again. Make sure you have plugged it into the right port of the computer.

Sound card in back usually has a mic input next to speaker input...

Look on the back of your computer for GREEN and PINK and BLUE sockets.

PINK - plug a microphone into this socket.
BLUE -- plug an audio-device (CD-player, iPod, cassette deck) into this "audio-in" port
GREEN - plug your speakers into this "audio-out" port.

Connect the speakers to an AC power-outlet.

you cn check the connection b going into the properties of your sound card page and go to the section for input check if the mic shows up have you any drivers loaded for the mic... if you go to setting then control panel look for the sound and audio box there is block there for speech check you mic is selected.. you can try connecting via afront panel usb port as well or via you sound card inputs on the back panel

What is the Make / Model of your Laptop? Depending on this, there may be an internal Microphone built into your computer you could use. If not, I can also show you how to specify windows use the "Microphone" as the input device.

Typically Laptops have 2 input selections "Line Input" and "Mic"

Line input is for use when you want to say.. Hook your ipod up to your laptop.

Microphone is a little different, as the input looks like the same as the other Line Input place, however the Microphone port provides power to whatever is plugged into it, which will cause problems if you plug anything other then a microphone into it.

And vice versa, if you plug a microphone into the "Line In" port, the microphone will not work, because the "Line In" port does not send out power to the microphone. Inside Windows Audio if you click 'Options' then properties, click on the recording tab, after this, make sure all the available check boxes ARE checked. Click OK. Then Find the MicroPhone Slider bar, Make sure it is towards the top, and also the checkbox marked "select" is checked. Then go back to Options - Properties - Click Playback, and ok.

Any other information you could provide will make for a better solution I will follow up on.

The Wii console has two usb ports in the back.

Sounds like a physical problem with your input jack. Try plugging it into another microphone port. Most computers have at least two, one in back and one in front.

its on the back on mine but if you dont have one you could get a usb mic