Microphone Showing Up In Windows But Not Working

[MicrophoneHelp]

Hey, so I just built a computer for the first time and it shows up in the Windows tab but it doesn't light up & I've tried both the back ports/front ports, nothing happens. 

It's not muted or anything, could it possibly be a cable I missed plugging in?


I have my audio working audio but just not the microphone working.


It's not a Windows thing where I have to enable certain apps to take control, I already have that checked.

[MicrophoneHelp]

2 minutes ago, MicrophoneHelp said:

Hey, so I just built a computer for the first time and it shows up in the Windows tab but it doesn't light up & I've tried both the back ports/front ports, nothing happens. 

It's not muted or anything, could it possibly be a cable I missed plugging in?


I have my audio working audio but just not the microphone working.


It's not a Windows thing where I have to enable certain apps to take control, I already have that checked.


It's plugged into the back of my motherboard.

 

[Bulls420]

Have you tried updating your microphone driver?

[MicrophoneHelp]

Yeah, it says that it's updated and I even tried uninstalling/reinstalling.


It's these: https://www.turtlebeach.com/products/battle-buds-black-silver


 

[Semper]

If you're not using a combo audio/mic jack, it looks as though you will need a splitter as these terminate into a single 3.5mm combo.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

45 minutes ago, MicrophoneHelp said:

Hey, so I just built a computer for the first time and it shows up in the Windows tab but it doesn't light up & I've tried both the back ports/front ports, nothing happens. 

It's not muted or anything, could it possibly be a cable I missed plugging in?


I have my audio working audio but just not the microphone working.


It's not a Windows thing where I have to enable certain apps to take control, I already have that checked.

Did you seriously just create a burner account named "MicrophoneHelp" just to make this thread? hahahaa