I am trying to use a Turtle Beach Earforce x12 headset with my laptop. The headset has the dual green/pink 3.5mm outputs, while the laptop only has the one 3.5mm jack. The headphones component works fine when just the green input is plugged in, but my computer does not recognize the microphone when the pink input is plugged in, and defaults to the microphone built-in on the laptop. There is no indication that the microphone is plugged in, either in the sounds menu or in device manager. I plugged the headset into another computer I own (it has the separate mic/headphone ports) and both the microphone and headphones worked just fine. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Realtek Audio drivers. Device manager also shows 'Intel Display Audio' and 'NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)' in the 'Sound, video and game controllers' category, not sure if these are relevant.
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I do a lot of support on the Dell users forum and we have found that non-Dell sound drivers either do not work or do not work correctly. To access the Device Manager, hold the Windows Key down and press the Pause/Break Key.
Also have Waves MaxxAudioPro installed. Again, not sure if this is relevant. Computer: Dell XPS 15 9560 Signature Edition Windows 10 Education version 1803. If it's only sound I/O on the computer it must be 4pin and for that adapter is a must. 3pin and 4pin connectors just don't have pins/rings align and also 3 pin just doeasn't have enough contacts.
On both oft hem ring next to base is is common/ground, top is one channel and one of rings the other, 4 pin has another 'extra' ring for mic input. 3pin sockets are same for input and output. Sorry for the hiatus, I've been on vacation the last week. I looked at the adapter you listed and ordered one from Amazon with what I believe are the same specifications, two female 3-pin 3.5mm to one male 4-pin 3.5mm. Yes, that should work. The adapter came in, but I'm not pleased with it.
First off, it only has two of the black stripes on the male end, while the pictures online show 3, and there are no indicators for the mic/headset female ends, making me think this is not the product I wanted. I plugged in the adapter and recording myself on Audacity. Listening back, I can faintly hear myself talk behind loud static. I don't think this adapter is what I wanted. I'm getting more and more frustrated with this and will likely just buy a new headset.
Update: an adapter I already had and tried before suddenly is working. Thanks for sticking with me mike.
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On Linux (both Fedora and Ubuntu) sometimes it works when booted with the microphone already pluged in (not all the times). It never works when you plugin the microphone after booting. There must be a flag, command, something that could be passed to the chipset in order to make it default in the logical way (not line in). I have tried everything i can google and i cannot get my microphone to work i have an HDA Intel card with the SigmaTel Codec can someone please help me? Hey, i saw that you posted this in january of this year, and am wondering if you got the microphone to work? I just purchased an xps m1210 without the communication package, and would like to use the mic on my headset, and haven't had any luck. What have you done to fix this?
I've been searching the forums for over a month now, and am starting to get worried i'll never fix it!