700m microphone hard drive feedback

known issue with no known solution. I picked an audigy card as my microphone was not useable at all, and as luck would have it the card +700M has some type of mechanical issues so you have to jiggle it just right to seat properly :-( does solve the microphone issue depending onthe microphone that is. I had severla headsets some worked and some did not with the audigy...

I have been so pleased with my laptop up until now...not that it ruins the whole experience, but it definitely puts a damper on things. Sounds like if i'm gonna skype, I've got to get a pcmcia sound card or a USB headset.

Thanks for the reply.

my 700m does not have an internal mic. the problem i have is with an external headset with mic/speaker jacks.

That's nasty. :(

A friend of mine has a Latitude D800, and when I talk with her as she uses her internal microphone over Google Talk, it's better than a landline.

If it's any perverse consolation, rather than doing the microphone right (as really shouldn't be hard if you know the problems to avoid), they removed it entirely from EVERY new Dell notebook, including my supposedly high end, "multimedia powerhouse" Inspiron 9300. Nothing like buying a stripped-down luxury computer. :(

I notice no one in this thread talks about using a headset--should I understand that this is not (only) an internal microphone issue, but even a problem if you plug a microphone in??

Sorry that I'm offering just curiosity and commiseration here. :(

Holy cow--no microphone, and effectively no way to plug one it. And they're not fixing it. Amazing.

One wonders what's going on in Dell engineering, management, and quality control.... (Maybe nothing.)

Well I guess we do know how important Dell thinks voice is now. ("Don't worry, Mr. Dell. By FY2007, everyone will be using only text and telepathy. We actually help our customers by harming them--they'll never develop their formerly unnecessary telepathic abilities without this new line of notebooks.")

Here's the kicker....I sold a PowerBook G4 12" and bought this thing. You know what they say about hindsight ;) I'm still going to try a USB headset, so I'll post the results from that.


P.S anyone know where i can get a sticker that says "My Other Computer is a G5?"