Microphone cutting out periodically

My microphone periodically turns off during skype calls, and only during them. If I am not in a skype call all my other programs can use my mic fine, but after about 10 minutes in a call my mic will turn off for my entire computer.
I don't even have to unmute it or anything, if I adjust the volume or the bass or anything the mic will turn itself back on, its really confounding. It's like it reminds skype that its there or something, I dunno.
I already thought it might be the computer turning off the usb ports so I checked that, which turned out to be wrong. I also thought it might be skype adjusting my mic volume to nothing so I took away the option to adjust my mic but nothing came of that either. It's been doing this for about 3 or 4 days and I'm not sure what to do.
If it matters any, I'm using a Skullcandy headset.

Same issue here. If I have to think of a software that does not work 90% of the times when I use it, I think of skype. It's just a collection of bugs more than a piece of software. There's several other posts describing the same problem, but no answer from the skype team appearantly.

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Hi gsgeorge
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