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The microphone volume is too low

Anonymous
2022-06-22T14:16:48+00:00

Hi,

the microphone volume is too low. Yesterday everything was fine but now people cannot hear me well.

I've already tried many different approaches:

  • Check and Adjust Microphone Volume from Sound Settings
  • Check Microphone Permissions
  • Run Microphone Troubleshooter
  • Update your Drivers
  • Disable/enable device
  • Turn of Audio Enhancements for Microphone
  • Adjust Microphone Boost

I've also tested my mic many times and I've always obtained results like 2%. I'm using the mic of the laptop, no headset or other external devices, and basically I followed all the instructions that I've found at this website https://allthings.how/how-to-fix-low-microphone-volume-issue-in-windows-11/ .

After doing some test calls with different platforms (google meet, microsoft teams) I noticed something strange: people initially hear me really bad, then they suddenly hear me well, then after a few seconds they still hear me bad and so on.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-06-22T14:48:25+00:00

    Hello Dave_836,

    Good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

    Please let me know if you have tried the methods below

    **Open Device Manager

    Expand the Sound, video and game controllers

    Find the Audio driver in the list

    Right click it and select Update

    Click "Browse my computer for driver software"

    Select "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer"

    Make sure to put a check mark "Show compatible hardware"

    Select an older driver from the list

    Click Next then Restart your computer

    **Right click the volume icon on the taskbar

    Select Sounds then click Recording tab

    Double click Microphone

    Click the Levels tab then make sure the slider is set to 100

    Click Advanced tab

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

    If the issue persists, What is the exact make and model of your laptop?

    Press Windows key+R to open Run then type: msinfo32

    Press Enter

    Please take a screenshot of the System Information window and post it in your next response. Note: Don't include any personal information or sensitive data.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/feedback/fo...

    Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

    Kind regards,

    John DeV

    Independent Advisor

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-06-24T09:31:47+00:00

    Hello Dave_836,

    You're welcome. I'm glad to help.

    Stay safe and have a great day.

    Kind regards,

    John DeV

    Independent Advisor

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-06-24T08:38:42+00:00

    Hello John,

    thanks for your fast answer! I didn't reply you immediately because the mic was performing well yesterday and I decided to wait until today. Today I still have no problems, so I'm still more confused than before. I've not done anything suspicious after writing the question on this community, neither turning the laptop off, indeed, hibernated it. Basically the problem just disappeared. Maybe it's related to some hardware components that holds some defects.

    Anyway, I had already tried what you were suggesting me. Here I attach the screenshot you requested me.

    Thanks a lot for your help,

    Davide

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