Microphone / Line In volume problem

[DeVry Student]

I recently bought this $9 RadioShack Clip-on microphone for my computer, and discovered a problem with it right off the bat.

Microphone volume is at full in sndvol32, all other lines are muted. I speak directly into the microphone with sndrec32 open and all I get is this faint voice on it - and can't really hear it well until I turn the speakers up to 2/3 volume. I have Bose Multimedia PC speakers - so with that volume you can hear normal volumed audio from downstairs. However, I can't really get this mic to work on in-game chat as nobody can hear me.

I was reading other places and nobody seemed to have any thing about this particular model (RadioShack 33-3026) microphone doing crazy stuff like this.

Could this be a problem with the onboard sound card w/ the Chaintech 7NJL1 Apogee, or is this a problem with the microphone?

 

[`unreal]

Have you got a 'Microphone Boost' tickboxed enabled?

 

[DeVry Student]

Have you got a 'Microphone Boost' tickboxed enabled?

I can't seem to find that 'Microphone Boost' option where it normally is, that "Advanced Controls" under sndvol32 is greyed out - I think its because its C-Media drivers w/ the motherboard.

N/M Found this in same prob in another forum - went to mixer and figured it out... seems to work better now.