[AG-TECH] Windows XP audio feedback

[Robert Olson]

This makes me (and the next door office if I happen to have the laptop 
plugged into my speakers) crazy!

What you probably need to do is go to the playback mixer panel and mute the 
microphone. You likely have an AC97-standard codec, and in that standard, 
the mute controls control the mic->line out path, which is causing the 
feedback.

--bob


At 09:17 AM 3/11/2004, Don Morton wrote:
>This isn't specifically an AG/rat question, but
>it's quite applicable and I have to think that
>others have run into this.
>
>Using a Windows XP laptop, when I plug in a
>microphone, the sound going into the mic
>comes out instantly on the speakers, naturally
>resulting in horrible feedback.  This occurs
>with no application such as rat running, and
>obviously, when I "do" run rat, it makes speaker
>usage impossible, forcing me to headsets.
>
>I'm wondering if this is due to a cheap audio card
>in the laptop - best I can tell from system information
>is that it's "SoundMAX Digital Audio" on a Sony laptop.
>
>Has anybody else encountered and resolved such an issue?
>I've played with every possible volume control provided
>by XP, but don't seem to be able to stop my mic audio
>from feeding through directly to the speakers (unless,
>of course, I turn down the speaker or mic levels, which
>defeats the purpose!).
>--
>
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