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Have a new Dell and had the exact same issue. I was able to fix it by doing this. Hope it helps... Go to microphone properties, in the advanced tab-disable audio enhancements. Make sure the 2 channel is set to 48k hz. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! THAT DID IT!!! Man, I hope others find this thread and use i...

Just an update. Working with the Dell people, I've got my headphone jack working, so that's a plus. However, still having the mic trouble. I assume that since no one has posted here recently, we are out of ideas? HAHA

Just a slight update. I tested the mic on audacity on an old laptop I have woth windows 7. Well, after the pain of getting it booted up, I tested it, and it worked as it should. I am now suspecting that there may he something internally wrong with my new computer. Especially after finding out that m...

How do you see that? If you tell Audacity Click to Start Monitoring so the sound meters bounce without going into record, do you have normal Left recording meter and really low right recording meter? But yet when you press Record, both left and right meters meet? Or they're still different during t...

Exactly which laptop is it? New laptops don't have USB-A connectors any more. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/usb-a.jpg Which one did yours come with and did it need special cables or an adapter device? I assume your older computer had legacy USB-A connections. I'm at work now, but I can answer...

Here's the new device info after having the headphones and everything plugged in. Same info as was mentioned. Recording still is still incorrect. After talking with Dell, they had me install new drivers on the computer, one of which being the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. I was hoping that w...

Ok. Gonna try and answer all these questions. What else do you have running? Games, Chat, Skype, Zoom? I'll bet serious chocolate Zoom will not allow the system to process voice in stereo. Save your work, close all the apps and programs and Shift+Shutdown . Wait for it to completely finish, and Star...

Attached are the two device info sheets from my desktop and laptop. I must admit, this is over my head. So I'm not sure what I'm looking at. But again, the desktop records both left and right channels independently and correctly. The laptop records only the left channel on both channels.

Also, here's some shots of the two different computers I have. Forst one is the laptop, where it won't record in stereo. Second is the desktop that is recording sounds on the left and right correctly.

So. Update. I finally had a day off to mess with this some more. So, I was able to test all this stuff on my desk top computer that was built from the ground up. It was gifted to me, so I'm not sure on exact specs. However, I did a test recording in Audacity, and I am able to hear sound on the left ...