Internal Microphone/Mac OS X 10.6.7

After installing the latest Update Mac OSX 10.6.7, the internal microphone does not work anymore. Has someone the same problem, and/or know how to fix this problem?

Don't delete your OS X partition. You can reformat it independently of the Windows partition. Reformatting will erase the OS X partition if you do this:
Erase a disk Volume
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your OS X volume (usually the one labeled "Macintosh HD") from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
When formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Complete the OS X installation.

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