Microphone (or jack) stopped working (2 seperate times)

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What I'm using: HP p6331 Desktop, 2 different Logitec headsets.

The problem: I can hear through headphones but Mic won't work. When I log into Ventrilo I get this error

"Unable to activate DirectSound for selected device.
DirectSoundCaptureCreate failed. HR=DSERR_NODRIVER. No sound driver is available for use".

I started by restarting my computer, unplugging and plugging my mic back in, which didn't work. I have since re-downloaded drivers as well and I'm still not getting anything.

When I go into the mic settings for the computer the green bar doesn't respond when I speak into the mic. I have checked and nothing is muted or set to 0.

Any help with this would be great. Thanks.

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bumping up

[EINSTEIN_007]

Can you try to do the following steps as shown below to correct your issue:

1. First of all, go to Control Panel > Sound > Recording tab
2. Click once on the Mic icon.
3. Ensure that the sound card in the computer is the default device
4. Next, click on PROPERTIES > Levels tab.. adjust level..
5. Now try to use the mic and see if that works out.

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Thanks for the reply. I tried those things and am still not getting any response from the mic. I did notice however that the "reception" bar for the mic is half green like it's getting sound from something, but it doesn't change at all if I try to use the mic.

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Bump for any other ideas.

[JAMES_911]

Can you go in ventrilo setup and from their try to uncheck 'use directsound' then set the name to the mic device? Did you try creating a recording then playing it back? I too had this similar issue and As soon as I plugged in the Mic from my headset the error stopped popping up. As soon as I unplugged the Mic and reconnected the error popped up again. Simple validation.

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Just tried that and then tried a recording and I was able to hear the push to talk sound but only got static back when speaking. I guess it's possibly my mic is broken.