External Mic Doesn't Work Pavilion dv6

I've been trying to use an external microphone on my HP Pavilion dv6 with no success. Here are my specs:
HP Pavilion dv6t-6c00 Product #A1U60AV
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit sp 1
IDT HD Audio Driver ver. 6.10.6381.0
I've tried the the Windows Control Panel sound settings and the Beats Audio Control panel without success.
I've updated the driver and seen no change in behavior.
The laptop seems to recognize that a microphone has been inserted because the Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Sound -> Recording window "External Mic" icon info goes from "Ready" to "Default Device" when the microphone is inserted but the gray bar never goes green and I'm unable to record any sound.
I've confirmed that the microphone works on another device.
Any assistance will be appreciated.
Thanks,

I feel for you.
Exactly the same thing has happened to my MacBook Pro, and it is SOOO annoying.
My external mic has been working perfectly for over 4 months (that's how long I've owned the machine), and by co-incidence after the latest update from Apple (that I ran over the weekend, I've not updated for a while before this), the external microphone when plugged into the audio-in socket has stopped working.
I can't believe that it is co-incidence that so many Mac users are having exactly the same hardware fault at exactly the same time (I've seen a few stories like this around the internet), so by conclusion I'm thinking it's the update potentially causing the fault.
I've re-installed OS-X, and reset everything to ensure it's not a configuration issue. The only thing I can't do is roll back the firmware to the previous version, unless anyone knows how to do that?
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