When the microphone is powered on by pressing the button on the base of the microphone, the button turns green. It is a solid green; it never flashes or fades. It has always been green except when the mic is powered off and there is no light.
When I plug that same mic into my Dell desktop, Audacity works great. So I don't think the problem is the mic or the cable.
According to something I just found on the Internet, the Dell Latitude D610 was released in March, 2005. So I suspect mine is four years old. The manual says the USB is a "4-pin USB 2.0-compliant connector."
Bizarre behavior
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Re: Bizarre behavior
And Audacity is a complete slave to the machine it's running on, so that leaves the computer.
Since both USB ports fail, I think you shuffled across the rug one too many times and partially fried the USB chipset on the motherboard.
This happens all the time with the video people who are constantly shifting connections back and forth. The dueling failure is consistent with this because there's only one chipset inside the computer running both connections. If you get blue flame from electrical discharge or any other electrical disturbance like that when you plug or unplug, you can kiss off the connection; normally permanently, but you can get partial failures.
The protection diodes inside the computer throw themselves bodily in harm's way to protect the electronics and so they're lying around bleeding now. They weren't quite quick enough to protect the delicate electronics, however, so the USB electronics is now leaking which is what's giving you that noise and erratic behavior.
In my opinion.
Koz
Since both USB ports fail, I think you shuffled across the rug one too many times and partially fried the USB chipset on the motherboard.
This happens all the time with the video people who are constantly shifting connections back and forth. The dueling failure is consistent with this because there's only one chipset inside the computer running both connections. If you get blue flame from electrical discharge or any other electrical disturbance like that when you plug or unplug, you can kiss off the connection; normally permanently, but you can get partial failures.
The protection diodes inside the computer throw themselves bodily in harm's way to protect the electronics and so they're lying around bleeding now. They weren't quite quick enough to protect the delicate electronics, however, so the USB electronics is now leaking which is what's giving you that noise and erratic behavior.
In my opinion.
Koz
Re: Bizarre behavior
Thanks Koz for your interest in this issue and your opinion. I know almost nothing about electronics, but I have a question about your opinion. The USB mouse works well consistently. If the problem was a fried USB chipset, wouldn't I experience the same bizarre behavior with the mouse that I experience with the microphone? Just wondering!
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kozikowski
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Re: Bizarre behavior
Yes, although they use very different Windows drivers and you could have error correction on a mouse which would drive a sound show right into the mud.
Windows used to have a program called Sound Recorder.
Windows Sound Recorder
Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Entertainment
It had some severe restrictions, but it was good for testing. Is it still there?
Koz
Windows used to have a program called Sound Recorder.
Windows Sound Recorder
Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Entertainment
It had some severe restrictions, but it was good for testing. Is it still there?
Koz
Re: Bizarre behavior
Yes, Sound Recorder is on the laptop computer. The most severe restriction on the Windows XP version is that it will record only 60 seconds at a time. We need to record one-on-one interviews that could last an hour or more.