I'll give you everything possible to try for headset problems so at least something will work. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 year Windows MVP, and Volunteer Guardian Moderator here to help you. So why can't it detect my headset microphone plugged into the 1/4' jack? My laptop seems perfectly capable of detecting the built-in microphone as well as other forms of microphones plugged into USB ports. Nor is it the cable as I tested that on several devices too.īased on everything I've been told the problem seems to lay with the drivers or some softwareĬonflict. And since the headphones work just fine on my laptop and all other devices, I know it's not that either. So I know it's not the microphone that is failing. When I test out the v-moda microphone on other devices including my phone and a tablet it Here's the headphone, and splitter cable I'm talking about:

And yet the headphones work but the microphone is not detected.

I tried plugging it in using the 1/4' pro adapter that should have made my headset as simpleĪs plug-and-play. >Nvidia Virtual Audio Device (wave extensible) (wdm)ĭriver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. >Speakers & Microphone Realtek (R) Audio: >Realtek Audio Console (from Google Play) MSI GP73 Leopard 8RE, Windows 10 home edition, won't detect my v-moda Crossfade m-100 headset