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"Grumps" <grumpsnothere@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have an old Dimension XPS. It has a mic that would appear to be wired a
> little unusual. I thought that the 3.5mm stereo jack plug used the end two
> conductors for the left and right channels, and the longer conductor
> (nearest the jack body) as the common (or ground). Well, the Dell mic that
> came with the XPS has the mic element connected between the end two
> conductors and does not use the ground part of the plug. This mic does not
> work (I haven't tried shouting) in any other piece of audio gear (PCs,
> minidisk, etc). Does this mean that the XPS has a weird arrangement on the
> sound card (mic input)? And would it follow that only the supplied mic would
> work?

(The Dell supplied mic has the same problem.)

The cause is not the mic, but the soundcard driver:

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Tom Scales (Dell Bot) wrote:
> 
> "Dave" wrote:
> >
> > If you read the current posts in the Community Forums (the ones you
> > allege have been deleted) the problem has been solved.  Download and
> > apply the latest drivers from Creative.
> >
> > The mic on my Audigy in my XPS 600 works fine now.
> 
> Oh no, you've ruined the Troll's day. 

Good grief!  It's the driver after all, Tommy?

Wonder why then Dell have reformat the hard disk?
Also wonder why then Dell replaced the soundcard?
And wonder of all, replace the motherboard ?!
'

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=60002

   Dell tech support insisted I reformat my hard disk

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=60572&view=by_date_ascending&page=3

   Well, I just installed my second Audigy 2ZS replacement card
   and not surprisingly the issue remains exactly the same

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=57660

    Dell tech support called tonight to see if my system now worked
    after 3 replacement sound cards and a new motherboard. 
    It doesn't.
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