My microphone just suddenly stopped working all of the sudden

The microphone on my headset stopped working from 7 Apr 22. It was due to a recent Realtek audio driver that auto-updated on 6 Apr. The symptoms are that the sound output/speaker is working, microphone input levels are picked up under Input in Sound Control, but somehow it cannot be picked up by any applications.

Tried all the app permissions and updating driver tips online but didn't work. Finally found a setting that was affecting the mic from functioning properly. Go to:

Settings > Sound > Sound control panel > Recording tab > double click "Headset Microphone" > Advanced tab > uncheck "Enable audio enhancements" > Apply

Test with voice recorder to see if this works. Im using ASUS Zenbook 13 on Windows 10 for reference. Hope this helps.

Good Day Subtilization,

I appreciate your time getting back to this thread.

Here's the steps you can try.

-Go to Settings

-Click System

-Click Troubleshooter then Additional troubleshooter.

-Look for Playing Audio and run the troubleshooter.

-Go to Device Manager

-Expand the Sound and Video Game Controller

-Look for Audio driver that was installed

-Right click and Update

-Look for "Browse my computer for driver

-Let me pick drivers available drivers

-Choose an old driver and use it.

-Go to Control Panel

-In Control Panel, select Large icons from the View by drop down menu.

-Select Sound.

-Select the Recording tab

-Right click the Microphone and click Enable.

-Right-click it again and select Set as Default Device.

-Right click Microphone and click Properties.

-Click the Levels tab, then drag the volume slider towards the largest value.

-Click OK

-Click Advance Tab

-Uncheck the box to "Allow application to take exclusive control on this device"

Turn on Microphone Privacy in each app.

Select Start > Settings > Privacy > Microphone . In Allow access to the microphone on this device, select Change and make sure Microphone access for this device is turned on.

Then, allow apps access to your microphone.

Once you've allowed microphone access to your apps, you can change the settings for each app.

Restart and check the built in Microphone.

If issue persist, proceed with these steps.

-Go to Device Manager

-Expand the Sound and Video Game Controller

-Look for Audio driver that was installed

-Right click and Uninstall

Once uninstalled, go to this link and download and install the Realtek driver.

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Image/Dri...

Once downloaded and installed restart and check your built in mic.

I hope the information above helps. Please let me know how it goes.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

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Good Day Subtilization,

My name is Carlo, I am also using Windows 11 pc and community member like you. Let us work together to sort this out.

-What microphone you are using? is it the built it mic or an external mic?

What is the exact model of your computer?

To check the system model proceed with these steps.

-Press Windows key + R

-Type msinfo32 and hit enter.

-Look for the System Model and Manufacturer and post it here.

I'll look forward for your response so that I can provide an accurate recommendation,

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

Hey man, i have tried every single one of these solutions you have presented to me but nothing have worked so far, you got anymore bright ideas?

Hey there Carlo, after an hour or so of waiting for the ISO to download and finishing the whole process, surprisingly enough, it did not change or fixed the problem i was facing, i think you don't have anymore bright ideas left, if you have more then i'll be glad to hear it else, thanks for the help so far.