Isight microphone on macbook broke?

hi i tried to use skype today and my microphone doesn't seem to work, so i tried to record something in imovieHD and all i got was white noise...is it broke??

Also there seems to be an issue with Mac OS version 10.4.8 and certain Macbooks. After installing this update it seems to kill the internal Microphone or make it almost mute. Some people have reinstalled 10.4.6 and viola! there mic starts working again. I hope 10.4.9 fixes this issue (my mic is dead right now)
Macbook 2.0ghz Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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Unit Spec ID: 0xA02D
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... the microphone vanished from the
list of audio sources available in the Audio
Preferences, or iChat, or anywhere
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Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x86), 1.1.9.3
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Network Service: Parallels Host-Guest, Ethernet, en2
Network Service: Parallels NAT, Ethernet, en3
Serial ATA Device: ST9120821AS, 111.79 GB
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USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, Apple, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: IR Receiver, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
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USB High-Speed Bus:
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PCI Revision ID: 0x0002
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Bus Number: 0xfd
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