HP 6930p: mute button doesn't work properly

[Tim]

On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 11:08 +0800, Hoang Le wrote:
> I also notice that the microphone volume is very low compared to
> output sound. So when I use a recording program ( particularly
> Audacity ), the playback sound is unexpectedly low. I don't know if
> these problems are related

They might be related, driver-wise, or audio software-wise.  But do you
know that input levels (e.g. microphone) are separately controlled from
output levels (e.g. playback or monitoring)?  You need to play with the
mixer to set them, and Audacity has some input choice and level controls
of its own.  Audacity has some level meters, so you can watch for
changes as you play around.  You may have to click on them to make them
respond if you're not recording at the time.

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