While the microphone shows active, you simply don’t hear any sounds while playing or recording audio, playing games on apps like Discord, or communicating on Skype. There could be different reasons that may trigger this issue, some of the common ones include outdated or corrupt drivers, etc. This post will cover all these issues and more and offer you different solutions to fix the Acer Swift 3 built-in microphone not working issue.

What can I do if the Acer Swift 3 Microphone is not detected?

1. Run the Recording Audio troubleshooter

This is a basic step that should you must follow even before you try any other methods. Once done, your laptop microphone should be working now.

2. Check the microphone privacy settings

Close the Settings app and now check if your Acer Swift 3 microphone is working.

3. Check if the microphone is enabled

Now, close the window, reboot your PC and check if the microphone is working on your Acer Swift 3 laptop.

4. Set as the default recording device

Now, test your microphone and see if it’s working.

5. Update the audio drivers

Close Device Manager and reboot your PC. Check if the Acer Swift microphone not detected issue still persists. SPONSORED It could be possible that the microphone is not detected on your Acer Swift 3 laptop due to outdated drivers. Hence, updating the driver may help resolve the issue. Alternatively, visit the official website for Acer support drivers and manuals and install the driver manually. Sometimes, manually updating drivers can be time-consuming. If you are looking for an automated solution to update your drivers faster and safely without any risk to harm your PC, we recommend you DriverFix, a third-party tool that can update, fix, or replace drivers automatically. ⇒ Get DriverFix Additionally, you can also uninstall and reinstall the driver to check if it helps fix the issue. You can also test your microphone levels to make sure it’s set correctly. Sometimes, the microphone not working issue could be corrupted and missing files. In such cases, you can run the built-in system file checker (SFC scan) and the DISM utility to detect and fix such files. If all the above methods fail, you can perform a repair install using a Windows installation media. This will help you replace all the Windows files with healthy ones and ensure that the Acer Swift 3 microphone is working. Let us know in the comments section below which of the solutions worked for you.

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