“Hidden” Mic Boost On Realtek HD Sound Cards

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Posted Feb 12, 2008 | by Rich Menga  

I replaced a motherboard yesterday and it came built-in with a Realtek HD sound card. The card works great and I have no problems with it, save for the fact some of the audio options are absolutely buried. In this video I show how to enable something called “Mic Boost” that puts a 20db amplification when a mic is plugged in.

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19 Responses to ““Hidden” Mic Boost On Realtek HD Sound Cards”

  1. Kamil Kaut says:
    February 22, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    Thanks for help. I was looking for it for a long time and couldnt find it.. It really works!! Thanks again!

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  2. Lui Wallentin Gøttler says:
    February 25, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    Hi there

    I think they have corrected this problem in the newest version of the software. I own a Zepto laptop with the HD soundcard, and in my software you still have to use the Realtek provided software to turn mic boost on, but it is in Input section of the mixer, but you still have to press those little dots (hmm go figure).

    I have an education in web software development, and this is almost as far from user friendly as anything. Realtek should really go back to the drawing board with this. It is a great soundcard otherwise though.

    Hope this was helpful

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  3. Mitch says:
    June 27, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    You are a god, thank you so much.. omfg.. I was looking for this for ever..

    again ty so much

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  4. Julian Granger says:
    July 9, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    Thanks a TON! I was spending hours trying to find this, glad I stumbled onto this video!

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  5. Goran says:
    August 23, 2008 at 2:59 am

    Thanks a MILLION!!!!! Just like everyone else here, I was busting my chops off searching for this. THANKS :)

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  6. Christian says:
    September 25, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    Thanks a lot man!

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  7. _fool says:
    October 4, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Great fix! Will RealTek ever learn?

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  8. djquincy says:
    October 8, 2008 at 6:15 am

    @@ holy crap batman, i been looking for that option for like a year. Now ppl can hear me talk crap again woohhooo!

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  9. Latzi says:
    December 13, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Thanks man.. Realtek really screwed this one up..

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  10. Teech says:
    February 12, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    Thanks man, this was driving me nuts. I’ve been looking for this fix.

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  11. Hvezdosvit says:
    February 24, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    OMG you have just saved me 100$ for new soundcard, thanks a lot man. Silent year is over ROAAAARR! :-D

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  12. Cap'n Lee says:
    March 4, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    I cannot thank you enough, like everyone else here I was pulling out my hair over this.

    I owe you a beer!

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  13. Sats says:
    April 9, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    I have this problem… but i don’t have the little icon you need to click on… any suggestions?

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  14. Scott says:
    July 11, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    Thank you so much for that guide, tried a ton of other guides for mic boost on xp, which led to the same thing with the grey options that you displayed, so yeah, you are awesome.

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  15. Zoki says:
    October 9, 2009 at 2:47 am

    Wow man thank you so much i have so much trouble with mic i even changed them so many, cuz of this mic boost, but finally i can boost it :) …. Thanks a lot man!

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  16. dhanushka says:
    October 24, 2009 at 2:22 am

    thanx dude….

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  17. pierre sinsu says:
    October 26, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    i so so so so thank you pc media net

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  18. Vee says:
    October 27, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    Hahaha cheers man, couldn’t find this option to save my life.

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  19. Ferdi says:
    October 28, 2009 at 6:50 am

    Thank you so FRIKKIN MUCH!

    Ive been running around with this problem for a few weeks now, and its finally fixed

    Reply

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