Re: Weak Microphone on Qosmio G50-12U

Hello,
I have "Qosmio G50-12U" laptop and everything is perfect, except the built in microphone.
When I try to communicate with people by "SkyPe" and I don't want to use headphones, I have to be very close to my monitor in order the other side to hear me.
When I talk using built in microphone to some people using for example "Toshiba Satelite L675" they can stand 5 meters from their laptop and I can hear them very good and loud. I have to be very close to my microphone, otherwise they will not hear me.
I checked all setups and have the drivers "Realtek Semiconductor" from 08.24.2009 driver version 6.0.1.6923
When I use headphones, the sound is perfect to the other side.
I also checked in web camera setup. Everything looks normal.
I am suspecting:
-"SkyPe"
- drivers
- hardware
I cannot believe that such a good laptop has such a bad microphone..
Anybody have some advice?
Thanks

@silas
Yes, weak is much better description :)
English is not my native language ( I am from Serbia) and that's why I used the wrong word.
Sorry for bad English
I checked several setups and finally I finished with some setup which seems to work a little better.
The problem is definitelly in my laptop.
I am using exclusively SkyPe to communicate with my daughter and my clients.
Whoever I call they are all using the built in microphone and they can talk from up to 5 meters distance and I hear them excellent.
I have to be no more than 0.5 meter away in order for my clients or daughter to hear me at least acceptable.
Another laptop I have is Toshiba Satelite L675 and the situation is much different. I can use built in microphone and I can talk from much bigger distance.
I am wondering if I should take the laptop to the service and they might check it and eventually replace the microphone with a better one?
Anyway, thank you for your attention people. It is good to know there is someone who is trying to help

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