1. How To Change Laptop Microphone To Headset

Many laptop computers feature a built-in camera and microphone. This allows you to communicate with other individuals over the Internet via video chat. However, if the microphone is not properly picking up the audio on your computer, you will need to make a few adjustments to make sure it is functioning properly.

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1)What is the model number of the computer?

2)Was it working fine earlier?

3)Have you made any recent changes to the computer prior to the issue?

You may perform the following methods and check if it helps.

Method 1:

I would suggest you to perform the steps provided below to set the Microphone as default device.

a) Click on ‘Start’ and type ‘Sound’ in the Start Search box.

How To Change Laptop Microphone To Headset

b) Click on ‘Sound’ from the control panel option in the search results from the Start menu.

c) Click the ‘Recording’ tab and right-click in the window and click on ‘Show Disabled’ devices.

d) Now check if the microphones are listed and highlight the microphone and click on ‘Set as Default’ device.

e) Now right-click on the microphone and choose ‘enable’.

f) Click ‘OK’ to save your settings and to close the Sound dialog box.

Also configuring Windows recording settings

By default, Windows 7 automatically enables microphones and line-in ports. Use the following steps to set the microphone/line-in port to be the default port and to configure the recording levels.

a)If the Recording tab in the sound window is not selected, open the Sound window, click the Recording Tab, and make sure that the status is set as below.

i - Microphone port - working and set as default

ii - Line In - working

iii - Digital In (S/PDIF port) - working

iv- Stereo Mix (Software mixer) - Disabled

b)If multiple microphones or line-in ports are available, select the port that you want to use. Click Set Default to make this device the default audio input device.

c)If the device you want to use contains a small circle with an arrow pointing down, the device is disabled. To enable the device, right-click the device name and select Enable.

d)With the device selected, click Properties, and then click the Levels tab.

e)Adjust the slider until to 75% of its range.

f)If Mute is on, click the mute button to unmute the device. The mute button should show as a blue speaker without any red circle.

g)If Microphone Boost is available, adjust to +20.0 dB.

h)Click OK to make the changes.

i)Test the microphone as was done in step a to determine if Windows is able to detect a signal for the microphone or line-in being used. If you have performed all the steps and the microphone or source device still does not work, the audio ports or sound hardware on the computer may be bad.

Method 2: Update the drivers for Sound card
I would suggest you to update the latest drivers for the Sound card and check if the issue persists.

Please refer this article for more information on updating drivers. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly

For additional help you can refer to the following article:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Connect-a-microphone-music-player-or-other-audio-device-to-your-computer