I recently purchased a Dell with Vista. My mic will not work with the new computer so I bought a new mic, still will not work. I tried turning up the mic amp and the level is up. For some reason the mic just will not work I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestion.

I too bought a dell Inspiron 1501,
My microphone did not work so i bought a new 1 and now it doesnt work. Please help! No program can detect any microphones.

Same with me. I bought an Inspiron 1501 and no microphone works.. The only 1 that ever worked was the one i got from the dollar store but other than that none worked. (ive tried 3 other mics and none work).

If you use Vista than mic will not work

What does that mean, nobody that has Vista has a functional Mic? I can't believe that would be the case. Does anyone who knows what they are talking about have any suggestions?

the same problem is with me.......i am also not albe to use my mic with my vista.....pls anyone help me......how to use mic....with windows vista....

i bought a new comp with vista premium on too,when i connect to teamspeak or ventrilo, people say they can hear me, but im extreemly quiet. 1stly double check that your mics arent just extreemly quiet like mine. and if it is, then your in teh same problem as me, n that i cant work out how to make it louder..

I started this thread and came up with a solution that worked for me and may work for you if you are having the same problems with your mic.
1. I uninstalled my sigmatel drivers (Vista - go to control panel - programs and features - double click sigma tel to remove)

2. Go to
Drivers and Downloads
(if you have a dell) and download all the audio drivers and all the chipset drivers (i downloaded and installed 2 audio drivers and 2 chipset drivers for my Dell E1505)

I am not a computer wizard and don't even know if this is the proper way to do things, but my mic now and I am happy.

I think the solution is to uninstall your audio drivers, re-download and reinstall them.

hurrayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely fantastic dude.....thanks a ton ...
yess the above solution works. I just tried it and my mic which hasn't been working for the past 2 months is now working perfectly fine...
I cant believe this.
Thanks again man..

Yess the above solution works. simply download the drivers and chipsets and install them. after you install restart. Theres no need to uninstall the previous drivers.