I recently built a pc, and for some reason when I attempt to use my mic to speak to others over games, skype, teamspeak, etc. the mic doesn't pick up my voice. After a few hours of messing around with the settings, I discovered that I am able to talk through the ear buds, but not the headphones' built in mics. I know the mics/headphones work as I use them all the time on my laptop, but for some reason I can only talk through the ear piece portion of the headphones when they are plugged into my desktop.
My computer case has both headphone and mic ports on the front. I can listen through either port, but the computer only seems to pick up my voice when I talk into the ear piece, rather than the headphones' built in mic.
All of my drivers should be up to date - I built the computer less than 2 weeks ago - and I have enabled, displayed all of the potential input / output devices.
My confusion is based on my ability to talk through the headphones' ear pieces, but not through the microphone. Obviously, this is an extremely inefficient way to talk as it makes it hard to hear and speak at the same time.
1. Do I need to plug in headphones to the headphone jack, and a mic into the mic jack, in order for everything to work properly. Or, can I plug in my headphone/mic combo into either the headphone jack or the mic jack?
2. When my headphone/mic combo is plugged into the mic jack, the sound is limited to my monitor (which is connected to my GPU via HDMI). How do I set it up where I can listen to the voice chat through my headphones and the other sound through my monitor (e.g. when playing a game and on teamspeak)? I was able to set this up when my headphone/mic was plugged into the headphone jack, but not when plugged into the mic jack.
3. Why in the world am I able to talk through the ear bud portion of my headphone/mic, but not the built-in microphone?
I wasn't able to find any other posts on the topic and would love any feedback you may have! Thank you in advance.
My computer case has both headphone and mic ports on the front. I can listen through either port, but the computer only seems to pick up my voice when I talk into the ear piece, rather than the headphones' built in mic.
All of my drivers should be up to date - I built the computer less than 2 weeks ago - and I have enabled, displayed all of the potential input / output devices.
My confusion is based on my ability to talk through the headphones' ear pieces, but not through the microphone. Obviously, this is an extremely inefficient way to talk as it makes it hard to hear and speak at the same time.
1. Do I need to plug in headphones to the headphone jack, and a mic into the mic jack, in order for everything to work properly. Or, can I plug in my headphone/mic combo into either the headphone jack or the mic jack?
2. When my headphone/mic combo is plugged into the mic jack, the sound is limited to my monitor (which is connected to my GPU via HDMI). How do I set it up where I can listen to the voice chat through my headphones and the other sound through my monitor (e.g. when playing a game and on teamspeak)? I was able to set this up when my headphone/mic was plugged into the headphone jack, but not when plugged into the mic jack.
3. Why in the world am I able to talk through the ear bud portion of my headphone/mic, but not the built-in microphone?
I wasn't able to find any other posts on the topic and would love any feedback you may have! Thank you in advance.
