ASUS Laptop doesn't recognize external mic

mikekevin90

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Dec 29, 2013
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10,510
Model: Asus X552C w/ combined 3.5mm Audio in/out jack.

Hello.
I recently bought a cheap external microphone in order to make recordings, sadly the system doesn't recognize it/mistakes it for an audio out device. I've tried updating the drivers to no avail. Both laptop and mic are new, so the problem should lie on the software side.