No microphone - iSight hooked up to Intel Mini

I have the latest external iSight and it's hooked up to the latest Intel Mac Mini. The picture is perfect and video chat works fine. But no one can hear me. I've checked the "activate microphone" option, but it doesn't show up in the the iChat Preferences, nor as a sound input in the System Preferences. The weird thing is that even though this is a new iSight the firmware is 1.02. And beacause I'm running Tiger I can't update to 1.03 (if that would solve my problem). Does anyone have a clue to how I can get that microphone working?

A few things to double check.
1. When iChat is open
Go to the main menu bar and click on video and make sure there is a check mark by "Microphone Enabled"
2. Open up iChat preferences > Video >
Make sure you select the Microphone > "iSight Built-In"
3. Open up System preferences > Sound > Input tab
Then select the iSight Built-In and adjust the Input Volume up about 3/4 of the way.
Then talk and see if the bars light up. If the bars light up when you talk, then your iSight microphone is working.

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