HELP! My soundblaster 5.1 records at SUPER low levels

i just bought a soundblaster li've! 5. on saturday... and since then, i've been trying to record with my microphone... but... for some reason, the volume level records too low. Even with the microphone boost checked off... and the mic volume all the way up. I thought it was the mic, so i got another one... same problem.
I'm running:
Windows XP Professional SP2
Athlon XP 2600+
.0 GB Ram
NVidia GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
on an ECS L7S7A2 motherboard.
Any solutions or anyone else experiencing these problems?

P-Hill,
This type of microphone has a higher impedance than condenser microphones and usually requires a mic pre-amp in order to get a decent audio volume with it. You might want to look into getting a preamp for it so you can run through the line-in as the power that is provided over the mic input is not enough for a dynamic microphone.
Jeremy

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