Headphones microphone problems

[CreepX]

Hello, a few months ago I acquired a pair of headphones (I've posted here before , the answer didn't help) Zalman ZM-HPS200. I know they're cheap and all that , but the problem is that on my PC, the microphone doesn't work. I tested it on an old laptop which was lying around , and the microphone worked flawlessly. Both on Windows 7 x32 and Windows 10 x32. Yesterday I tried fixing this problem again , and I played with the microphone sound settings in control panel. I increased microphone boost to +30 dB and the microphone volume was at 100. That was the only way I could hear myself. The problem was , that increasing the mic. boost at +30 dB, resulted in huge and annoying background noise , and by turning it down to 20,10 or 0 , I wouldn't hear myself at all.
I also tried the line-in jack , same story , couldn't hear myself. I don't know what the problem could be, and why it worked flawlessly on the laptop and appalling on the PC.

 

[basroil]

Sounds like your PC port is line-in rather than mic. Try using an actual MIC port rather than line-in

 

[Simthaniel]

I believe your PC for some reason isn't powering the mic port like it should so you might need to get a power amplifier, sound card, or you can fiddle with the wires connected to the port to see if it will work again.

 

[Simthaniel]

You can get a small cheap usb sound card and that should work fine.
Ex. http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/863417/jWIN-USB-to-35mm-HeadsetMic-Audio/?cm_mmc=PLA-_-Google-_-Networking_Cables-_-863417-VQ6-47886838556-VQ16-c-VQ17-pla-VQ18-online-VQ19-863417-VQ20-83579202790-VQ21--VQ22-176194316-VQ27-9134804636&gclid=Cj0KEQjwlNy8BRC676-W0JezxbwBEiQA4Ydg0eOtnGqAQ4voXXpUuL3EaY7t1-HhWqKn_zYokfuqUXoaAih48P8HAQ

 

[Simthaniel]

Oh but first take something to clean out the port like pressurized air and if it doesn't work after that then do one of the other things i suggested.