External mic stopped working, but the built-in still does

Most likely during one of the recent runs of pacman -Syu, something changed causing the external mic to record some quiet static regardless of actual input. If unplugged, the built-in mic kicks in and records fine.
What can you guys recommend as steps for troubleshooting this? The mic works if I boot into Windows. Also tried running alsamixer and setting all volumes in Capture to max.
This is on a HP dv7t-6100 Quad laptop.
Thanks,
Pav

Replace the SIM with a working SIM from the carrier.
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