Why do front mic/line-in not work?

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Why do front mic/line-in not work?

Post by steffi-f » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:48 pm

Hello!

When I skype or else I always use the front mic/line-in ports without problems. And I think I have also used audacity via these two ports (but before I re-set my computer and re-installed everything some weeks ago). Now when I tried to record (again via front mic/line-in) it wouldn't work. Took me quite long as I thought the problem must be in my audio settings (disabled deviced or else). But then I tried the back ports for mic and line-in and now it works fine. How can that be? How can I get my front mic working again? (Did not find any 'front' or 'back' with the microphone settings...).

(Windows XP Home)

Thanks!

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Re: Why do front mic/line-in not work?

Post by Irish » Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:47 am

Did you do any hardware changes inside the box? It is possible the cable between the front ports and the sound card has become disconnected.

If not, there may be a setting somewhere in Control Panel > Sounds and Audio. Search through every option, as it may not be obvious.

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