A few years ago my dad was gracious enough to buy me an ASUS laptop. I am not super computer savvy and don't know all of the details of my laptop, but here is my issue anyway... I will try to explain as best I can.
Because my built-in microphone has terrible recording quality, I wanted to use an external microphone built into a headset - preferably. My two good friends bought me two totally different headsets with mics in them. First one I tried was a logitech with separate plug ins for the headphones and for the microphone. Problem is my laptop only has one jack. The headphones work great but my laptop simply WILL NOT pick up my microphone no matter what I do. I tried the other headset since that one has a single plug in that combines the mic and headphone signals. I figured that may work - but it didn't. Headphones worked, but the laptop didn't pick up any other mics besides the built in one.
I've disabled the built-in mic. I've had three different computer geeks look at my laptop in attempts to fix my issue. I'm starting to think I'm just gonna need to buy an audio adapter I can plug the headphones and mic into and then plug into one of my usb ports:
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/www.amazon.com/Plugable-Headphone-Microphone-Aluminum-Compatibility/dp/B00NMXY2MO
I need to know if this is my best course of action or if there are other solutions that won't cost me money. Thanks.
Because my built-in microphone has terrible recording quality, I wanted to use an external microphone built into a headset - preferably. My two good friends bought me two totally different headsets with mics in them. First one I tried was a logitech with separate plug ins for the headphones and for the microphone. Problem is my laptop only has one jack. The headphones work great but my laptop simply WILL NOT pick up my microphone no matter what I do. I tried the other headset since that one has a single plug in that combines the mic and headphone signals. I figured that may work - but it didn't. Headphones worked, but the laptop didn't pick up any other mics besides the built in one.
I've disabled the built-in mic. I've had three different computer geeks look at my laptop in attempts to fix my issue. I'm starting to think I'm just gonna need to buy an audio adapter I can plug the headphones and mic into and then plug into one of my usb ports:
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I need to know if this is my best course of action or if there are other solutions that won't cost me money. Thanks.