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#1 2007-07-13 15:21:07
- Back2Cali
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T61, Microphone doesn't work
Hi!
I'm having a problem getting my microphone to work on a Thinkpad T61. Lshwd drops the following line for the soundcard:
Audio device: Intel Corp.|ICH8 HD Audio DID (snd-hda-intel)The speakers are working, so is the headset. But whatever I do, I cannot get the microphone running. I can hear that it's working but no application is able to use it (Krec, Skype, Twinkle,...).
So does anybody know how to get it to work. I usually use Twinkle to call up my friends in Germany through my voice over IP account so it is for free. But unfortunately now since the microphone doesn't work, I wasn't able to call anybody for 2 weeks now.
So maybe somebody can help me. Thank you very much!
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#2 2007-07-20 15:50:33
- steven
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
The Intel HDA sound driver is sketchy at best. For some people it just works, for others it doesn't and it's not fixed yet. Some people have other issues (between pcm level and master level). Unfortunately, I'm like you, I don't have a microphone. 
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#3 2007-08-17 02:54:02
- oggb4mp3
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
Try making sure the alsamixer is set to capture the microphone.
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#4 2007-09-28 05:16:57
- efleming969
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
Any luck on the internal mic?
It's really strange. I can hear my typing and my voice when i have the headphones on, but no software can record it (using audacity)
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#5 2007-09-28 08:32:02
- 0l33l
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
I had to compile my alsa-drivers from source. Then I set the input source to internal mic from the options (you have to enable it in the mixer.
I've also got a T61 with the intel-hda sound.
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#6 2007-10-02 17:33:56
- efleming969
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
I was finally able to record from the internal mic, after playing with the different alsamixer options. The key was to enable the right capture option and to lower the internal mic volume to reduce external noise.
I'm using the standard alsa-lib (1.0.14-5) and kernel (2.6.22.9-1)
Also, looking for a good headset/mic, which should increase the recording quality.
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#7 2008-06-28 16:53:54
- dlin
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
I've tried to adjust capture & mic & mic boost, but still failed?
Can any one give me some hint, just like
(I use alsamixer -V capture to adjust)
Mic boost: 70
Capture:100
Capture 1:100
Running 4 ArchLinux including sh4twbox,server,notebook,desktop. my AUR packages
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#8 2009-09-15 21:29:01
- SoleSoul
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
I know it's really old but this result shows up on google so I thought I'll put the solution here.
You have to open alsamixer, unmute "internal" and adjust it's volume (70 is good), leave the boost as is. Now press F4, you'll be shown the capture options. Go to "Input Sour" and change it to "Internal M". Now go to "Capture" and press spacebar and now it should work.
Took me two hours to find this spacebar thing in an asus arch wiki.
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#9 2009-09-16 11:45:10
- nTia89
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
have you add in
/etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.confthis???
options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad+pc: custom | AMD Opteron 175 | nForce4 Ultra | 2GB ram DDR400 | nVidia 9800GT 1GB | ArchLinux x86_64 w/ openbox
+laptop: Apple | MacBook (2,1) | 2GB ram | Mac OS X 10.4 -> DIED
+ultrabook: Dell | XPS 13 (9343) | 8GB ram | 256GB ssd | FullHD display | Windows 8.1 64bit ArchLinux x86_64 w/ Gnome
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#10 2009-09-16 11:58:44
- SoleSoul
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
I don't have this file 
Everything works!
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#11 2009-09-17 08:28:41
- nTia89
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
I don't have this file
Everything works!
good
+pc: custom | AMD Opteron 175 | nForce4 Ultra | 2GB ram DDR400 | nVidia 9800GT 1GB | ArchLinux x86_64 w/ openbox
+laptop: Apple | MacBook (2,1) | 2GB ram | Mac OS X 10.4 -> DIED
+ultrabook: Dell | XPS 13 (9343) | 8GB ram | 256GB ssd | FullHD display | Windows 8.1 64bit ArchLinux x86_64 w/ Gnome
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#12 2013-11-15 09:07:40
- arminc
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Re: T61, Microphone doesn't work
I know this is very old thread but I want to thank SoleSoul for the following line: "Now go to "Capture" and press spacebar and now it should work."
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