My computer freezes and makes noises when I try to use my mic on skype

[ladypip]

Hi, everytime I try to login and chat onto skype my computer freezes and makes a horrible sound and I have to pull out the cord to turn it off. I have upgraded to SP2. But I have removed the windows firewall and re-installed most apps....I would really appreciate someones help... I am not a techy person...

[Blencogo]

Hi ladypip and welcome to Club Vaio.

What model Vaio do you have?
Are you using an internal or external mic?
What version of Skype are you using?

[ladypip]

Hi,
my model is PCG 9L1M and I have the latest version of skype as i re-installed it. I think it's 3.5.

:smileygrin:

[ladypip]

Sorry, the mic that I use I plug in. The weird thing is it used to work but now with skype and yahoo it just works for a couple of minutes then freezes and makes an awful sound.

:smileygrin:

[Blencogo]

Can you borrow another mic/headset to see if the mic is faulty or if it is your Vaio?

[ladypip]

Hi,
It's not the mic or headset as I did a test on the computer yesterday. That is why I don't understand why it's not working. Very odd. I really appreciate you mailing me and trying to help me. :smileygrin:

[Blencogo]

All I can suggest is to try turning down the microphone volume in Control Panel just in case it is set too high.

Can anyone help with how to do this? I think this is a PCG-FR315M Vaio which has an Analog Devices AD1981B 16-bit CD-quality stereo sound AC 97 2.3 soundcard.

However, it sounds to me like there is a hardware problem with sound output being fed back into the microphone socket and causing a noisy loop.