USB Microphone not showing up as an input in Windows settings

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USB Microphone not showing up as an input in Windows settings

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So I recently purchased the JV601 Gooseneck Mic off amazon to use on my PC. When I initially plugged it in, it gave me the standard "Setting up this device" notification that normally happens when you plug something in for the first time. Seems good right? So once its done being setup by Windows, I go to the Sound settings to see if it works. It's automatically chosen as a sound device which is good but I speak into it (and yes the mic was unmuted on the device itself), windows was not picking up any sound from the mic. So I run the troubleshooter, and it finds no problems. I restarted the Windows Audio service on my PC, checked for new drivers, etc. I then uninstalled device using Device Manager, restarted my PC as prompted by the system dialog, and unplugged the mic. Once I was logged back in after the restart I plugged the mic back in, went back to the Sound settings, but the microphone no longer was listed as an input device. In fact, it wasn't showing up anywhere anymore. I tried using all my other USB ports, none of which made a difference, so I look in Device Manager and it is listed under Sound, video and game controllers, and not under the expected Audio inputs and outputs section. I'm not sure what to do. I haven't found anything online to help, and I'll just buy another mic and return this one if needed, although if I could get this existing mic to work that'd be great.

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Answer 1

Anonymous

Uninstall the drivers from device manager and then restart your computer.

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Answer 2

How do I uninstall the drivers directly? I believe that's the problem, but uninstalling the device from the Device Manager doesn't seem to do anything. I wanna get it so that my computer recognizes the mic as if I were plugging it in for the first time as I think that would fix it

Answer 3

Disconnect the microphone, then uninstall the microphone driver, then reinstall the sound drivers on your computer, from now on see which devices appear.

Restart your computer and plug in the microphone, let the device drivers install, and check that it shows up on input and output devices.

Answer 4

Okay, a couple things:

Thanks for replying quickly, seriously, I appreciate it
However, I don't think you read my post in its entirety as I stated "but the microphone no longer was listed as an input device. In fact, it wasn't showing up anywhere anymore."

The microphone just doesn't show up in the list of inputs anymore

Internal AUX Jack is a virtual mic only used when using Remote Play on Steam and the Oculus Virtual Audio Device is just the Mic on my VR headset. The USB mic this post is about is plugged in and doesn't show up in this list as you can see.

When it's plugged in, it doesn't show up as an Audio Input or Output device, but in the picture below, you can see that my system is recognizing that the device is plugged in but it's not showing up as the type of device it should be. (The USB Microphone that is the subject of this post is circled red.)

Please read carefully this time so there's no confusion. Thanks in advance

Answer 5

Hi Soundshifter.

My name is Jose, I am an independent advisor and it will be my pleasure to help you today.

Go to Settings> System> Audio. Here under Input, open the drop-down box under Choose your input device. Select the microphone you want to use; The other available tickets will also be displayed here.

After choosing the microphone, talk to it and you will see the microphone test bar move up and down.

You can also click the Device Properties link to change the name of the entry to make it easier to find in the future.

Regards.

Jose.

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