HolyPaladin
03-12-2006, 09:36 PM
Okay, perhaps a month back I joined a guild in WoW, and they like to use Team Speak to communicate, so I installed it. Unfortunately, my voice never seemed to register through the microphone. I messed with it a great deal and tested with Voice Recorder, but couldn't get my voice to go through very well at all. I could barely hear it, if at all.
Well, I supposed that my microphone just sucked, so I bought a new one; one of those headset deals. I tried it and had the exact same problem. Well, I more or less gave up on it altogether, but tried it again earlier this afternoon. Surprisingly, my voice went through Team Speak just fine. However, maybe ten minutes later when I tried to speak, nobody could hear me. I know the problem isn't TS because I again tested with Voice Recorder.
Occasionally, Voice Recorder recorded and played back my voice just fine. More often than not, it was just like before: either picking up nothing at all or just barely. The thing of it is that it just comes and goes. Both the old mic and the brand new one get the exact same results, and this happens without touching or doing anything.
My computer has jacks on both the front and back of the tower for the mic and headphones, and I tried both with the same results. So, the problem doesn't seem to be faulty jacks (unless both just happened to be bad which seems like a long shot), doesn't seem to be the microphones themselves (unless both just happened to be bad which seems like a long shot), and isn't Team Speak since it is also a problem with Sound Recorder.
If none of the above are my problem, does any of our resident computer geeks have any other ideas?
Well, I supposed that my microphone just sucked, so I bought a new one; one of those headset deals. I tried it and had the exact same problem. Well, I more or less gave up on it altogether, but tried it again earlier this afternoon. Surprisingly, my voice went through Team Speak just fine. However, maybe ten minutes later when I tried to speak, nobody could hear me. I know the problem isn't TS because I again tested with Voice Recorder.
Occasionally, Voice Recorder recorded and played back my voice just fine. More often than not, it was just like before: either picking up nothing at all or just barely. The thing of it is that it just comes and goes. Both the old mic and the brand new one get the exact same results, and this happens without touching or doing anything.
My computer has jacks on both the front and back of the tower for the mic and headphones, and I tried both with the same results. So, the problem doesn't seem to be faulty jacks (unless both just happened to be bad which seems like a long shot), doesn't seem to be the microphones themselves (unless both just happened to be bad which seems like a long shot), and isn't Team Speak since it is also a problem with Sound Recorder.
If none of the above are my problem, does any of our resident computer geeks have any other ideas?