After registering and activating the program, click the Start Scan button at the top to enable DriverFinder to look for new drivers for your PC.(In this screenshot, you can see that DriverFinder has detected the sound card device on my PC in seconds.)

You can use DriverFinder to update your sound card drivers.

Here’s the fast and automated way to do this.

If they do, download the new sound card driver and install it on your PC.

Now that you know the sound card brand and model, you can go to the website of the sound card maker (e.g., Realtek, Creative Labs, SoundMAX, etc.) and check if they have new sound card drivers for you to download.

You then go to the PC manufacturer’s website (e.g., Asus, Dell, Samsung, HP, etc.) and then check what sound card they put on your PC. Another way is to check your PC brand and model. You can do this by literally opening up your machine, taking out the sound card and checking it’s brand and model.

Check the brand and model of your sound card.

Skype still not detecting your microphone after the above tweaks? Then perhaps you should update the drivers of your sound card.

Click the Set Default down arrow and then choose Default Device.ģ.

Select the microphone device you indicated in Skype (Step 1 above).

Click Sound (if needed click Hardware and Sound first).

From the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel.

Minor differences in steps may be needed for Windows XP and Vista.) The steps will be very similar for Windows 8.1 and Window 10. (The succeeding steps were done on a Windows 7 PC.

Check that the correct recording device is selected on your PC. (As you can see on the screenshot below, since my microphone is connected to my PC via USB, I selected ‘Microphone (USB Audio Device)’.Ģ. Click the Microphone down arrow and then select the device that Skype should use.From the Tools menu, click Options and then select the Audio Settings tab.Check that the RIGHT audio device (mic) is selected by Skype. Three Ways to Make Skype Detect Your Micġ. Following are three (3) simple things you can do to make Skype recognize your mic. We’ve all been there at one point just when you’re seconds away from a Skype call, you realize that you’re freaking mic is not detected by Skype! This happens often especially if you have various audio devices connected to your PC.

Microphone for skype calls