Headset/Microphone Problem

[Random Hero]

i have just bought a headset with mic and yet it wont pick up sound, its not a problem with the headset because even if i have no speakers or anything plugged in, but send a live sound to a friend on msn, it will send them the song/whatever i have playing (hope that makes sense) my motherboard has built in 5.1 and so i have 6 sound ports, front spk, side spk, rear spk, bass, mic in and line in. any ideas how i can sort this? im assuming it must be a setting somewhere, because like i said, even with nothing in any of the ports i can still send sounds what would be playing if my speakers were in. thanks.

[Random Hero]

ok if its any help ive just been into control panel, and then onto sounds and in the audio part i see that playback sound is DEFAULT REALTEK97, and that same setting is set for sound recording, however theres no other options to select on either, or any options that might suggest finding one manually.... =s

[Random Hero]

lol me again, after some fiddling with volume settings ive managed to get it working although its quiet.... any suggestions how to boost the mic sound?

[rojash]

Double-click the volume icon in your system tray, and check that the microphone volume is

a) not muted
b) turned up

[Random Hero]

its maxed, and yet im only just managing to get it to hear me when im putting it practically into my mouth :P

[Random Hero]

k i got it sorted, i fiddled round with the advanced mic settings and found a mic boost button

thanks though :)

[Mattk]

glad to be of help !