Microphone too low on G780 in Windows 8

When I used Skype, I heard complains, nobody could hear me. So I checked my microphone settings and they were set... to minimum (microphone 0, performance 0 dB) so I set it to maximum (microphone 100, performance +40 dB) and... with very weak results. Tried to use Skype or windows internal voice recorder with the same result: extremely loud background noise and very weak voice in the back, not possible to decipher, muffled and on the edge of hearing. Sound on the laptop works fine so this is not a speakers issue.
Essentially built in microphone seems to work, however so weak that it is not usable at all. Did I miss something? Can I improve it? System shows that drivers are up to date and everything is installed.Or is it a technical fault and I should send it to technical support?

Hello and welcome,
I've run into something similar - except it was a different machine and different operating system...
This KB has some suggestions that may apply.  In my case turning off the enhancements did the trick.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/ThinkPad-W520-microphone-troubleshooting/ta-p/...
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