Your PC may have multiple different microphone inputs. This will let you quickly see whether the microphone is sending audio input. Look at this window as you play with the microphone, testing different audio jacks. While testing your microphone, we recommend using the Recording tab on the Sound control panel in Windows. If the connection is a bit loose, it may appear to be plugged in fine, but may just not work. Updating the drivers may fix your problem. Windows 10 tries to install and update device drivers automatically. Only new-style apps from the Store appear here.

However, the Windows operating system itself will still have access. But the microphone and webcam options also affect desktop applications. If someone could give me an idea of what is wrong, that would be much appreciated.Joinsubscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles.Īll the usual PC microphone troubleshooting steps are still important, but Windows 10 contains a new system-wide option that completely disables microphone input in all applications. Now it shouldn't need drivers, it's supposedly plug 'n' play. I then went into devices manager and found it under 'other devices'. I've already looked at my audio settings, and the microphone is not being recognized. I've recently purchased a Blue Snowball microphone and have been trying to set it up, to no avail. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Thread starter hiimstring3 Start date Jan 14, Sidebar Sidebar. Question of the Week: What's the most important future-proofing feature of motherboards today?īlue Snowball Microphone not Working. Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts Billboard Trophies.

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