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"hrdtd" wrote:

> This is getting quite tiresome.

You are telling me?

> You continue to cite examples of messages on Delltalk (the example below is 
> from back in 2000) that may or may not be relevent to the particular 
> soundcard and mic you have now.

Bet your sweet ass that the soundcard and mic in 2000 are not the same
as the soundcard and mic in 2005.

How about this one?  Is this too old for you, too?

Low output from "standard" mic (10/9/2005)
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=61118

       I can't get the mic that comes with the computer
       to generate much output.

Do you now think the soundcard and mic in 2000 are the same as the
soundcard and mic in 2005?

> You have yet to give answers to the questions I've posed.
> 
> What are the output specs for your mic?

Don't know, but the mic came with the system.

> What are the mic input specs for your sound card?

Don't know, but the soundcard came with the system.

> 
> "Class_Action" <classactionlaw1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "hdrdtd" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Regardless of which sound card you have, in the specs for that sound 
> >> card,
> >> what are the requirements for the microphone input portion. What does it 
> >> say
> >> as far as microphone impedance and voltage?
> >>
> >> On to whichever microphone you have chosen to try. what are the specs for
> >> that microphone. what is it's rated impedance and output voltage.
> >>
> >> Now, from the actual specifications for each, does the stated output of 
> >> the
> >> microphone match the specs for the mic input on the soundcard?
> >>
> >> That's all I'm asking.
> >
> > Dell supplies a microphone if you get the telephony modem.  People are
> > experiencing problems with such systems right out of the box.
> >
> > Yet Dell Tech support say they have never heard of the problem, and
> > proceed to jerk around the customers.
> >
> >> Just mentioning that the mic is made by a particular manufactirer or that
> >> the microphoe is a 'powered' mic, doesn't guaranty that the specs are
> >> correct.. What are the actual specs are for both the card and the mic.
> >>
> >> If the spec's match, and the mic was provided by Dell, then I would say 
> >> it's
> >> a Dell problem.
> >>
> >> If the specs don't match, and yet Dell supplied the mic, then again it's 
> >> a
> >> Dell issue.
> >>
> >> However, if for some reason, the spec's don't match, and you supplied the
> >> mic, then finding a mic that has the right specs is up to you.
> >
> > One more time:
> >
> > Microphone - low input  (9/6/2000)
> > http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=7947
> >
> >    I have to yell into my Dell provided microphone
> >
> >    Just got off the phone w/Customer Service, they told me that
> >    the microphone provided was provided "as a COURTESY"
> >
> > 
>