I have a microphone and when i plug it in i can hear myself from the speakers and when i mute the microphone i can still hear myself. i think its because of how my speakers are setup i have 5.1 speakers and i use realtek sound manager. i can hear myself from the speakers but i cant record myself or use mic for online gaming. people tell me to go to sound control and click on options then properties then make sure recording is chosen but in my mixer device i there is three choices to choose from and i click on the second one so i am able to choose recording. but even when i click on recording i can still hear myself from the speakers even when the mic is muted !!! PLEASE HELP
first of all, on "playback", mute the level that is labelled "microphone", that will mute your voice coming out the speakers. You want microphone selected as the recording option, and not muted. Once you've muted playback try recording.
ok in the recording properties microphone is selected and even if i mute my speakers i can hear myself.. :S just then i muted " front mic " and then no sound came out of the mic and then i tried to record but it didnt work
ok i was speaking to this computer guy i know he owns a computer shop down the road from me and he said the problem is i need a new sound card because i have 5.1 speakers and i was fiddling with the pink green and black plugs and i saw that when i unplugged the pink one the sound stopped and the pink one is suppose to be for the mic and i told him that and he noticed i needed a new sound card an offboard one .. thanks for your help anyways
Generally you can't expect great sound out of onboard anyway. Go for something like a Sound Blaster Audigy OEM card, they're about $30 i think, so more than reasonable.
