No Mic detection on Audigy 2 ZS?!

Yo I got a Audigy 2 ZS and the Mic input in the front doesnt work nor the one directly into teh card in the back. I have adjusted lvls and stuff in control panels and tried different Mics. All to no avail, Dosent work with Skype, Ventrillo, or Teamspeak, and the computer doesnt recognize a sound input when i do the mic test. Please please help me anyone.

I am having a similar problem as well. I realize that this post is for the Audigy 2 ZS, I however have the Audigy 2 not the ZS. I play a lot of online games and use a mic quite frequently. Everything has worked exceptionally until just recently. I turned on my computer one night and my computer no longer recognized my mic. I did not change any settings and when I do a hardware test of my mic it does not register. I checked the mixer to no avail. Any Ideas?
Scratch that help request... problem solved
Message Edited by M_Wal on 08-30-2005 06:0 AM

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