Dock Plus Series 3, Mic doesn`t work

As I use Skype a lot, I bought Dock Plus Series 3 to solve the issue with mic jack at Lenovo`s stupid engeneeres "designed" for t420s model. No one profesional pmanufacture produces mic for this kind of jack, and it is always Pain in the Ass to connect external mic to the machine. 
Dock Plus Series 3 has normal, industry standard mic jack. I hope it will soleve the issue. But it is not! No one mic  doesn`t work if i plug it  Dock Plus Series 3. Please advice, how to make it works!
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE !

Hey Baramburum,
I could not find any drivers for your docking station, what I can suggest is that you update your audio drives from the link below and you update your BIOS. If you do the update please remove the old drivers first completely and then install the new ones.
Audio driver:              http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS014918
BIOS:              http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS014992
Best Regards,
Hiro
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