# Microphone not working
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-not-working/17239
**Category:** random
**Created:** [April 2, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-not-working/17239 "2003-04-02T23:28:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@cybergold](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cybergold)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-not-working/17239/1 "2003-04-02T23:28:35Z")
My microphone is not working, when i plug it in and speak into it, i can hear the echo in my headset, and when i try to record, it does not pick up the device, and when i go to Control Panel–Multimedia, it does not even detect the Microphone… Am i missing a driver or something? can somebody please help me out with this, i got a website to be uploaded in two days and i need this MIC :hair:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-not-working/17239/2 "2003-04-03T00:24:11Z")
;(
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-not-working/17239/3 "2003-04-03T02:17:32Z")
it could possiably be a driver problem. although, they do sometimes already come loaded on the computer. Does this only happen when you try to record?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-not-working/17239/4 "2003-04-03T02:59:14Z")
Yes, I can’t record, and i can’t use it at all, somebody just gave me a tip and told me to open the sound recorder options, and mute Microphone, and that solved the echo problem, but it still won’t record, or i am not able to use the microphone itself. There is nothing wrong with the microphone itself. Thanks, can you help?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-not-working/17239/5 "2003-04-03T03:55:05Z")
- bump \* sorry, this is important
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-not-working/17239/6 "2003-04-03T12:13:35Z")
:q:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-not-working/17239/7 "2003-04-03T13:34:00Z")
Well if u get an echo that suggests it is being detected, wot type of microphone u got??, u sure there isnt a mute on the actual microphone u got selected, cause there is on mine and i get an echo when it pressed