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    G1S-A1 question

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by RKPsk8er, Apr 22, 2008.

  1. RKPsk8er

    RKPsk8er Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got it before school started. I immediately upgraded it to vista ultimate and set it up to dual boot XP as well.

    I am having a problem though. I can't get the microphone to work. I'm sure it has one built in right? well in AIM video chat my microphone doesn't work or pick up sound at all. Also, the built in sound recorder doesn't record anything when I tried it out. I didn't see anything about a microphone in device manager so I don't know what to do at this point.

    Can anyone shed some light?

    Thanks
     
    RKPsk8er, Apr 22, 2008
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    Are you sure the drivers are installed? Try reinstalling them if they are and see what that does.
     
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    where can I download vista drivers?

    Also, where can I download some xp drivers as well?
    I have no sound when im running XP
     
    RKPsk8er, Apr 22, 2008
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    The really dumb suggestion first, are you sure the mic is not muted in the Volume Controls?
     
    E.B.E., Apr 22, 2008
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    :hits forhead:

    well I discovered that there is a microphone and it is installed. It was muted in the volume control so I unmuted it. But, when I tried using sound recorder again, it didn't work. I went back, and it was muted again by itself. I didn't do this. why is it muting itself?
     
    RKPsk8er, Apr 22, 2008
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    Maybe a bug with the driver or sound recorder... or some other app that uses the microphone is messing with the settings... I'd try different drivers as well.
     
    E.B.E., Apr 23, 2008
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    I do own a G1S-A1 and haven't actually had the same problem with that computer. However, I did have the problem with another computer.

    The problem: I found out that the application Skype was preset to auto-adjust the microphone volume/settings. I too had stumbled on the microphone volume and noticed it was muted/unchecked. However, even when I reenabled it, Skype would unenable it

    The solution: I adjusted skype to not auto-adjust in the settings options menu.
     
    dylanfan, Apr 23, 2008
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    If that is the solution, then my intuition "or some other app that uses the microphone is messing with the settings" was correct. :)
     
    E.B.E., Apr 23, 2008
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    Indeed, and it was EBE that reminded me of my former troubles with skype!
     
    dylanfan, Apr 23, 2008
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