My laptop is an Alienware m5500 with Windows Vista 32 Bit and it has a built-in mic. The issue with this is that I have an external mic that I need to use.
Whenever I try to use Skype or Ventrilo it just picks up the sound from the Internal microphone not the one I have plugged into the jack.
It does not do this however with a USB microphone because this creates a separate sound channel (I think that's what it's called). I'm looking for a way to separate the two microphone channels to external and internal or completely disable the internal.
Best Answer
You can always choose the default input audio device from
Control panel > Soundsettings. And application like skype also has separate settings for that too. Use them to choose which input device you want to use.