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This post will help you if your HP laptop’s internal microphone is not working. There could be any reason why you are facing this issue. For example, there might be outdated audio drivers on your laptop, the laptop doesn’t recognize your internal microphone, etc. You must have already tried restarting your laptop multiple times and a few other options but the problem would still be there. In such a case, the solutions covered in this post might work.

An internal microphone in an HP laptop or some other laptop is a built-in microphone located near the webcam. Though usually, it works fine, sometimes users find that their internal microphone is not working while recording or using it with some apps. We will try to help you solve this problem.

Here is a list of solutions that might help when the internal microphone of your HP laptop doesn’t work:

Let’s check these solutions one by one.

Check if your internal microphone is muted or the volume is too low which makes you think it is not working or there is a problem with it. In that case, unmute it, and adjust its volume settings. For this, follow these steps:

Read: USB microphone not working on Windows

This might be the case that when you try to use your microphone with some app, it is not able to work with it because some other audio device is set as the default audio device. In that case, you should set your microphone as the default audio device. Here are the steps to do that:

Read: Free mic testing software and online tools

Sometimes, turning off or disabling the audio enhancements feature of Windows 11/10 OS fixes different microphone issues. This might be helpful in this problem also. Let’s check how to disable audio enhancements in Windows 11 and Windows 10.

Now let’s check the steps for Windows 10.

Read: Mic not working in Windows 11/10

There are chances that your Windows 11/10 laptop is not able to recognize your microphone because it is either disabled or disconnected. So, if this is the case, then the steps to resolve this issue are:

Your problem should be gone now.

Read: How to Boost or Increase Microphone Volume in Windows

Windows 11/10 OS comes with a built-in Recording Audio troubleshooter that can help you fix different problems related to the same. You can try this built-in solution and this might solve this internal microphone issue for your HP laptop. This Recording Audio troubleshooter checks for the audio device driver, audio service status, etc., and provides the fixes accordingly. Let’s see how to run the Recording Audio troubleshooter in Windows 11 and Windows 10 separately.

After that, it will provide the fixes based on the problems found by the troubleshooter, and help you fix those issues.

Now let the troubleshooter detect the problems and then try the fixes provided by it.

Read: Internal Microphone is missing in Windows 11/10

Whether it is about audio drivers or some other drivers, in many cases, outdated drivers cause various problems. So, it is good to update device drivers from time to time. Thankfully, there are multiple ways to update drivers, including audio drivers like using the Optional Updates section present under Windows Update, third-party driver updater software, etc. So, try to update your audio drivers and this might solve this problem of yours.

You can also download audio drivers for your HP laptop directly from the manufacturer’s website. Just access the official website, provide the serial number of your laptop in the required field, select your laptop from the result, and look for the audio driver section. There you will get the download links for different versions of your Windows OS. Just download the compatible driver and install it, and restart your laptop.

If the internal microphone on your HP laptop is not working on Windows 11/10 OS, then you can try some fixes like:

All such solutions with step-by-step instructions are covered in this post.

There is not a specific reason that can explain exactly why the internal microphone of your laptop or computer is not working. It could happen because of outdated audio drivers, the internal microphone is disabled or inactive, apps don’t have access to your internal microphone, probably you have muted the microphone accidentally, etc.

Whatever may be the cause, there are some solutions or fixes that might be helping resolve this issue. For example, you can unmute the microphone using the Sound settings, provide apps access to the microphone using the Settings app of Windows 11/10, disable audio enhancements, run the Recording Audio troubleshooter, and more.

Read next: Fix Sound and Audio problems and issues in Windows 11/10.

Date: May 13, 2022 Tags: HP, Microphone

Laxman enjoys writing about Windows OS and the free software and services that are available for the Windows ecosystem.