Headset mic problem

[tvfreakazoid]

The problem is I can't get the mic to work. I can hear sound but I can't talk to anyone (when playing cs.). I'm using a splitter and that one is hook up to my xfi sound card and the other end of it I have my headset hooked up which has 2 male jacks, 1 for the sound and the other one for the mic. Any ideas what am I doing wrong? I when into windows volume control to make sure nothing was muted.The brand that I have is cyber acoustics. My stand alone mic works fine. All I do is just plug it in and it works. I don't know why i'm having so much problems with this headset mic combo. I have a regular headphones which works fine with my stand alone mic. The reason I bought the head set w/mic is because the stand alone mic picks up other sounds which makes it hard for other players to understand me. Any help would be great thanks.

 

[Markbnj]

Does the headset have a mic line mute on the cord?

 

[tvfreakazoid]

Originally posted by: Markbnj
Does the headset have a mic line mute on the cord?

Yes it does. It also has a volume control on it as well. I made sure that it's not on mute and the volume all the way up.

 

[tvfreakazoid]

Ok I finally figured out what was up with my headset problems. Remember when I couldn't speak but I was able to hear you guys. Well I finally took it to a circuit city rep (firedog) to see what was the problem. He couldn't figure it out himself. He told me to go to my bios and disable the on board sound. I gave it a try and you know what, it worked. So, I guess the on board sound and my sound card were conflicting with one another. I guess he kinda helped me but it was more of an accident. So, in the future this could be some usefull info if someone else has the same problem.