help!voice problem

[ramzey]

I have onboard AC 97 sound card (win XP)
i did set up everything correct i belive
mic muted in playback, full volume in recording

i did try dxdiag with full and standard  acceleration

but cant get voice loud enough to be heard
in test , when i punch mic its show bar in recording test
when i speak no
when i plug and unplug jack from output its bar show movement (to maximum)
in game nobady can heore me

so i did install my old SB 16 PCI and still getting same problem

i did change my headset to new one week ago, so its not headset

what i should do, nay ideas ? please please please

[The Fugitive]

I know this sounds dumb, but are ya sure you have the headset plugged in right? I know I've done this a couple of times, plugged the mic jack into the headset and vis versa. A mic jack has two metal contacts seperated by a piece of plastic, a head set plug has 3 metal contact seperated by two pieces of plastic. The pink connector on the board is for the mic, and the lime green one is for the headset.

Now with the AC 97 codex you are suppose to be able to use up to 6 speakers, in which case they do away with the mic input. Go to start/control panel/ sounds and audio devices. Click on the speaker settings advance button and make sure you are set on "Desktop Speakers".

If none of this helps, I'd pay someone else to fix it  Good luck!

[ramzey]

thx
i did this right, pink to pink , green to green:)
i did try speakers input settings in sound panel (separate one from standard windows)

i use 2 diferent sets of headset, both of them works good with skype
but not in AH
AH voice is still low
when i do voice test in windows, green bar just move slighly (1-2 green bars of 10-15 avilible)

[Swoop]

Have you checked the 'mic +20db' box that's somewhere in microphone properties?

[WMLute]

got to THIS thread and read what OOZ662 wrote, especially about 1/2 way into the thread.

[Roscoroo]

My old pc had ac97 and it would lock up and lose mic transmit after a few uses .

I updated the sound drivers and its worked fine ever since .

[ramzey]

Originally posted by Swoop
Have you checked the 'mic +20db' box that's somewhere in microphone properties?

i dont have +20 i have +1DB


I did everything from list of OOZ662 ( i knew that before)
drivers are updated
dxdiag set to regular not accelerated

i did chk and un-chek boost +1, not checked is not working
then chk +1 again and miracle happends, also i push all 3 sliders in ah voice  to  max (voice and ping max allready, i push effects to max)
seems like it working now, im wonder for how long

thx for answers guys

[OOZ662]

Originally posted by ramzey
i dont have +20 i have +1DB


I did everything from list of OOZ662 ( i knew that before)
drivers are updated
dxdiag set to regular not accelerated

i did chk and un-chek boost +1, not checked is not working
then chk +1 again and miracle happends, also i push all 3 sliders in ah voice  to  max (voice and ping max allready, i push effects to max)
seems like it working now, im wonder for how long

thx for answers guys

I had that problem for the last 3 years of my AC'97 hunk-o-junk. I'd have to check and uncheck the boost for it to work after every restart.

[ramzey]

i did use Skype today, and my voice in AH went down again

yesterday morning i did install old SB16 but i cant get my mic to work (other sounds was ok)

im running out of ideas for permanent solution

[AKDogg]

lose the SB16 and get a SB Audigy 2zs or at least the SBLive 5.1  SB live goes for about 15-20 bucks now I believe and the audigy 2ZS U can pick up for 40 I think maybe less.  Audigy's2 is much better the live but both work very well for AH.