Mic Doesn't Wo

I got a new pc recently, x-fi extreme audio sound card, the only time my mic works is when I plug it into the onboard sound. It's not working well there at all (a lot of static) so I tried plugging it into the actual soundcard, where it doesn't work at all I'm not really sure what to do, the other 3 slots in the soundcard have speakers plugged into them but I'm pretty sure when I tried it with just the mic plugged in, it didn't work anyways. Thanks for any help.

Of course it doesn't work with a 5. speaker configuration, as the jacks are shared and you can only have the usual line out - mic in - line in configuration, or using them as a 5. output.
You can't have both at the same time, nor a mixture. Sure, there is that "flexijack" thing exactly to give you an alternate line in/mic in in those cases without unplugging everything, but it's limited.
So what I'm saying? YES, you HAVE to reconfigure things to some awkward settings, because they have already been configured to the very awkwards 5. output configuration. In that mode, the pink plug IS NOT a mic-in, you have to fix that.
Unplug 5. speakers, set speaker config to simple stereo (two speakers, ONLY the green plug connected, and microphone on the pink plug.)
Oh and if it's not obvious, SELECT the mic as a RECORDING device fron Creative Console/Windows sound mixer and give it sufficient volume.Message Edited by CreativeSkeptic on 04-4-200703:37 PM

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