The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    X301 mic not working

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by MikesDell, Oct 12, 2011.

  1. MikesDell

    MikesDell Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    244
    Messages:
    690
    Likes Received:
    16
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Good day everyone !

    Well, this is the first time I did any "windows updates" since June for my X301. Only problem is now my internal microphone doesn't work :( It's VERY faint, might as well not even be turned on. The driver is all up to date, and the computer knows it's there, it's just not working.

    I went to Skype and it's like my microphone was muted. I tried screwing with all the settings in the microphone settings (volume, mute, etc. etc.) and nothing seemed to work. What am I missing ? I'm positive it's something in the updates that I installed that turned my microphone into a mute lol

    Also, I checked under "sound", and found that the internal microphone (Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD) IS in fact on with a green check mark. I also tried messing with the (hitting "properties") levels, etc. and it's still not working :(
     
    MikesDell, Oct 12, 2011
    #1
  2. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

    Reputations:
    6,668
    Messages:
    8,224
    Likes Received:
    231
    Trophy Points:
    231
    What's the Microphone Boost set at? You can adjust it by right-clicking on the audio system tray icon > Recording devices > right-click on the currently in-use microphone > Properties > Levels > Microphone Boost.
     
    MidnightSun, Oct 12, 2011
    #2
  3. MikesDell

    MikesDell Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    244
    Messages:
    690
    Likes Received:
    16
    Trophy Points:
    31
    The boost is set at +36.0db
     
    MikesDell, Oct 12, 2011
    #3