I've been trying for two days to get my microphone to record at a level I can hear. AND YES DEAR DELL REPS, I have purchased a new mic. and tested it on a non-Dell PC . . . it works perfectly.

After almost an hour online with a less-than-helpfull person struggling with English, I was told to buy yet another mic, but this time from Dell!!! Then I discover that there are many long threads here that have been closed off by Dell but that discuss an ongoing problem here.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=55447

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=21877

. . . and dozens of other Google hits.

Does anyone know how to fix this simple little problem?