So, to put in perspective, this is an old computer, to which i'm not surprised that this happened cause it would have happened sooner or later. Both microphone and headphone jacks in the back and front panels have gone out completely, which saddens me extremely that it didn't last till i could...
I have been all over the boards and nobody seems to understand just how serious this problem is. Realtek with Windows (any recent version) really, really, REALLY doesn't recognize the side mic jack. Please don't recommend anything that is even close to obvious. Those of us with this problem have...