> What is bizarre is that I have this same problem on two very different > machines...
Just to follow up on this, it seems both PCs use the same soundcard chipset: Dell Precision 420 desktop:- 02:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0096 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 193 Memory at fcffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Memory at fce00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 IBM Thinkpad T21 laptop:- 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A20m Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 Memory at e8122000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Perhaps someone has the same onboard soundcard, and a working microphone attached, that can confirm whether recording works or not please? Cheers, -bernie. (email address is valid) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]