How To Enable Lenovo Thinkpad Microphone?

This is one complete and ideally precise information for the Lenovo Thinkpad users. Our guide will be equally favorable for everyone, even if you are a beginner to your laptop usage. Also, there could be a number of worst-case scenarios where you find yourself stuck due to not being able to use your microphone.

Also, there is an equal chance of the situation that your microphone might have stopped working for some reason, and you find it really troublesome to make that work again. Just follow our simple, easy, and concise guide and you’ll end up with a perfectly working microphone of your Lenovo Thinkpad.

Easy Tips And Tricks On How To Enable Lenovo ThinkPad Microphone?

Just keep in mind the fact that we will be troubleshooting/enabling the working of the microphone on the Lenovo Thinkpad working over Windows 10.

Ensuring The Enabling

This is more of an aspect of common sense and we suggest you neither laugh nor get offended. In the first place, you need to ensure that your microphone is NOT DISABLED. Also, look for it to be set as default. Go through these easy steps and you should be able to get rid of your issue.

For this, you will need to select Windows>Settings>System>Sound. Under the option of Input choose the Device Properties. At this point, you can also make use of the Test button in order to check the sound. This is to ensure that the microphone disabling option is unchecked.

Using The Troubleshooting

Follow the path mentioned ahead and you will probably succeed in making your headphones work again.

Select Windows>Settings>System>Sound>Troubleshoot

Ticking The Listening Option

This is an option that comes under the name of “Listen to this device”. Following the upcoming steps will be favorable in the case where there is more than one microphone being connected to your laptop, such as an external microphone.

Follow the path ahead and give an effective try to troubleshoot.

Windows>Settings>System>Sound

Under the option of Input choose the Device Properties. Under the option of Related Settings select Additional device properties. Finish off by selecting the option of Listen to this device in the Listen tab. Of course, it goes without saying that this aspect might not be the cause of a faulty microphone if you’re able to listen to the sound.

Unmuting Or Enhancing The Volume

For the purpose of increasing the microphone volume or let’s say unmuting it, (just in case!). Care to follow these steps and we hope them to be working for you!

Select Windows>Settings>System>Sound. Once again, you need to repeat a step from the previous scenarios, that is Under the option of Related Settings select Additional device properties. But don’t you get bored, as what’s coming ahead will be a plot twist. For the accomplishing step, choose the Levels tab. Here you will be able to locate a mute icon near the audio icon. This icon is visible when (of course!) the volume has been muted. Unmute it and as for a preferable level, set your sound above 50 in order to make it perfectly audible.

This will surely do the job for you, as often we end up muting the microphone accidentally, if not intentionally.

Updating The Drivers

As a fun fact, you might be aware of this aspect that within the majority of the tech issues or faulty working, the solution simply lies in updating the drivers. As for “How to enable Lenovo Thinkpad microphone” you can make use of the manufacturer support site as well as Microsoft for the purpose of updating the drivers.

Given below are the methods from which you can act upon the one easiest for you:

UPDATING WITH MANUFACTURER DRIVER

1. In the search box, type Device Manager, followed by selecting it from the given menu.
2. Move to the Sound, video, and game controllers. Here you can click on one of the following options and then select Uninstall.
   • IDT High Definition Audio
   • Conexant SmartAudio
   • Realtek High Definition Audio
3. In the search box, type Control Panel, followed by clicking Programs And Features. You will come across a list of programs in which you have to uninstall anything that sounds related to IDT & Dolby, Conexant, or Realtek. Finish off by rebooting.
4. After rebooting is done, you will need to download the new audio driver from the Lenovo support site.
5. Drivers can be automatically downloaded by using the LSU (Lenovo System Update)

Updating With Microsoft Driver

Follow these guidelines to update drivers with Microsoft.

1. In the Search box, type Device Manager
2. Click and expand Sound, video, and game controllers, followed by right-clicking the device in choosing Update Driver Software
3. You will come across a pop-up wizard and here you’ll have to click the option of Search automatically for updated software

Using Predefined Driver (Microsoft Driver)

This solution will come to your help when the driver’s updating does not bring you the desired outcomes. It’s basically the usage of the built-in Microsoft driver.

1. In the Search box, type Device Manager
2. Click and expand Sound, video, and game controllers, followed by right-clicking the device in choosing Update Driver Software
3. Choose Browse My computer for driver software
4. Choose Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer and you’ll come across a list of different drivers
5. Select the Microsoft driver and install it

Running The Troubleshooter

You can consider this factor as the last option when all else fails. This is the point where you get to run the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter. In addition to that, you can try building the capability of your current version of Windows with that of the older programs of your system. In other words, you can go for making the older programs compatible with the version of Windows that is currently functional in your system.