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Article #650Re: Dell's Sorry History of Microphone/Soundcard Issue (Update)
From: kony
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:47
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:47
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:16:20 -0700, Class_Action <classactionlaw1@yahoo.com> wrote: >"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: > Well it only took you 4 weeks to figure this out, congratulations.
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