Is it possible for the microphone ports on both sides to be damaged?

leet6thgrader

leet6thgrader

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Hi,

About a month ago some guy wanted to hear a sound file I had on my computer through ventrillo. I set it up to broadcast whatever was playing from my speakers and it worked. After that I didn't go on ventrillo anymore or use my mic at all, for about a month. Today I tried it on ventrillo and nobody could hear me. I fiddled with the settings but it still wouldn't work. Next I went to the ventrillo forums and they told me to test it with the Windows Sound wizard. The sound wizzard picked up some staticy sort of noise. They told me that if the Windows sound wizzard isn't picking it up then it's not ventrillo's fault.

Is this true, and my microphone port is busted, or is ventrillos sound settings messing with my computer picking up my mic sound?

THE THINGS I'VE TRIED:

Plugging the mic into a different computer, the other computer heard it perfectly.

Re-installing ventrillo.

Plugging the mic into the back microphone port and the forward microphone port.

Re-Installing sound drivers


What's interesting is that when I test it on Ventrillo while playing music I will hear an echo of the music playing. So I don't think it is outputting the input from my microphone.. And I don't know how to change it.

So my question, in case you skipped my post (naughty)

Is this true, and my microphone port is busted, or is ventrillos sound settings messing with my computer picking up my mic sound?
 
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I've had static problems before, usually means its shorting from somewhere in its line of curcit, luckly for me mine was only from my front pannel to the MOBO, try unpluggin that and use the back and see whats the haps . If ur getting desperate then get a can of compressed air and blow the heck outa ur mobo to clean it all up(including in the mic jack holes) and you might have to take ur mobo off ur case to make sure theres no like dust or small bits causeing little shorts behind the mobo. Then if ur really really desperate then buy a new sound card.. :( ,

Remember static problems are usually cause by small short curcits .. not big enough to kill ur mobo thou so dw. so instead of ur signal from ur mic going to where eva .. it gets shorted and goes somewhere else ,and only bits getting there making static.
 
Open your volume control, goto options->properties, pick the mixer you are using (sound card) and pick the radio button for recording. From there make sure microphone is selected as the recording device.
 
Yeah, it could be a hardware problem or a software problem, have a look in volume controls. Check for wire damage if its a hardware problem.
 
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