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    R3 Internal microphone stopped working

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Geoffxx, Jun 4, 2011.

  1. Geoffxx

    Geoffxx Notebook Evangelist

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    anyone had an issue with the internal mics stopped working, tried everything but still silent, is this a known problem area....cheers


    they where fine last week

    and external is working as I borrowed a headset and it worked fine
     
    Geoffxx, Jun 4, 2011
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    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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    Do you still have the A00 IDT drivers installed? Run this idtcpl64.cpl

    I will upload it if you don't have it.

    It will tell you if it thinks the audio jack has a microphone plugged in. If it does that would explain onboard mic not working which goes back to the audio jack issues again lmao
     
    LVNeptune, Jun 4, 2011
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  3. Geoffxx

    Geoffxx Notebook Evangelist

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    i will look at it but i never had anything plugged in there until the failure and when i do it works fine
     
    Geoffxx, Jun 4, 2011
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    well after much fecking around and trying all sorts of crap I eventually fixed the microphone issue, don't ask me why or how but it is related to the camera, pressing fn F9 cured the problem which enables/disables the camera, it says nothing about the microphone but they must be linked somehow
     
    Geoffxx, Jun 4, 2011
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    You know what that would make sense because the Camera and the stereo mic's are connected by one wire if the camera is off the mic's wouldn't work!
     
    Mechanized Menace, Jun 4, 2011
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    omg i never noticed that button it worked for me also thanks for update
     
    jartok, Jun 4, 2011
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    There's one mystery solved.
     
    LVNeptune, Jun 4, 2011
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