Yes. I set Internal Microphone to capture. Didn't work.
1. Run ``alsamixer``
2. Goto capture channels (press F4)
3. Set the "Digital" Channel to a non zero value (e.g. 40). This is slightly non-intuitive but it seems necessary for anything from the internal microphone to be captured
4. Set Internal microphone as a capture device (select the channel and press the spacebar).
5. Set the "Capture" Channel to a non zero value (e.g. 40)
Beyond that, I do not know. I am woefully unqualified on Sound and Mic.
Perhaps Zabadabadoo may be able to help you when he logs in.
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@Aravisian Okay. Thanks for your help so far. At least I now know that my laptop detects my internal microphone.
@zabadabadoo Any help on this is very much appreciated.
@capriciousduck I think I can help you. I solved my issue by digging deeper into alsamixer. Try this:
- Type
alsamixeron terminal - Press
F4 - Press
F6and there select default:1
- If you see something like this:
Set Mic Boost to 100 and all Input sources to Internal - If you see
On step 3 after pressingF6select default:0 and follow step 4 instructions.
I hope it helps 
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Hello, I have Mic and Internal Mic. Which do I set to 100?
Can you show screenshot?
Try to set Mic to 100 and then test your microphone
I did. Doesn't work.
Can you screenshot output after clicking F6 in alsamixer?
Here it is:
Can you post screenshots after clicking F4 of 0; 1 and (default) entries
In alsamixer
Hit [F6] and select "HDA Intel PCH"
Then hit [F5] and post a screenshot of All cannels Playback and Capture.
Whilst you are in there.
Unmute each channel by hitting "M" and set all channels to 100% as experiment.
Also check if you have [Auto-Mute] Enabled and try setting it Disabled.
Did you try setting Auto-Mute channel to "Disabled"?
I have no idea what [Inverted Internal..] channel represents. You could try playing with that i.e. Unmute (if it is muted. that is unclear) by hitting "M" and set to 100% as experiment.
I think Aravisian fairly summed it up in his post #7 i.e. "You are not alone in this with that hardware:" Trouble is, evan after some websearches, I cannot see a solution.
You may have to consider using an external microphone.
Okay. I'll look for a good external microphone. By the way, do you know one that works well?
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