Where do PCs have internal microphones?

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Post #258,322 by lincoln 6/9/06 4:59:13 PM Reply	Where do PCs have internal microphones? I've looked at the online schematics for my primary box at home and don't see anything that could even potentially be called a microphone. lincoln "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem. I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *Citizen* of the United States. [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #258,324 by folkert 6/9/06 5:03:10 PM Reply	All speakers are potetially microphones. Really. Mics and Speakers are essentially that same thing. A voicecoil. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #258,326 by lincoln 6/9/06 5:04:35 PM Reply	Will they work as mics when powered off? lincoln "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem. I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *Citizen* of the United States. [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #258,328 by folkert 6/9/06 5:08:30 PM Reply	Depends on if the device they are connected to is off. Otherwise, unplugged is a non-functional mic. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #258,330 by lincoln 6/9/06 5:16:59 PM Reply	Re: Depends on if the device they are connected to The speakers are connected to the PC's sound card. They are only turned on when I want to listen to something. The PC is turned on only when I'm using it; otherwise, it's plugged into the UPS but is powered off. lincoln "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem. I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *Citizen* of the United States. [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #258,341 by tuberculosis 6/9/06 6:12:10 PM 8/21/07 5:45:33 AM Reply	Macs have had them for some time - now they got cams too I keep forgetting that PC's ship with almost no hardware. I'm used to having everything onboard. [link\|http://www.blackbagops.net\|Black Bag Operations Log] [link\|http://www.objectiveclips.com\|Artificial Intelligence] [link\|http://www.badpage.info/seaside/html\|Scrutinizer] Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:33 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #258,345 by drewk 6/9/06 7:25:37 PM Reply	The one I'm typing on has one mounted on top of the monitor So no, it's not internal to the PC. But this system shipped with it. I'm sure most home systems sold today have a mic, though not always "internal". === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]

Am I the only one creeped out by this? - (tuberculosis) - (14) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:30 AM EDT

I don't know, maybe they'd sent a maid! - (imqwerky) - (2) - June 9, 2006, 04:50:49 PM EDT

Your web cam will be next. -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:37 AM EDT

My webcam shattered from self defense :-) -NT - (imqwerky) - June 9, 2006, 04:55:15 PM EDT

Where do PCs have internal microphones? - (lincoln) - (6) - June 9, 2006, 04:59:13 PM EDT

All speakers are potetially microphones. - (folkert) - (3) - June 9, 2006, 05:03:10 PM EDT

Will they work as mics when powered off? -NT - (lincoln) - (2) - June 9, 2006, 05:04:35 PM EDT

Depends on if the device they are connected to - (folkert) - (1) - June 9, 2006, 05:08:30 PM EDT

Re: Depends on if the device they are connected to - (lincoln) - June 9, 2006, 05:16:59 PM EDT

Macs have had them for some time - now they got cams too - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:33 AM EDT

The one I'm typing on has one mounted on top of the monitor - (drewk) - June 9, 2006, 07:25:37 PM EDT

obLRPD: Which was actually quite creepy, in context. -NT - (folkert) - June 9, 2006, 05:04:10 PM EDT

It's a rehash of an April Fools - (warmachine) - (1) - June 9, 2006, 05:32:44 PM EDT

I think a great many notebooks have microphones. - (Andrew Grygus) - June 9, 2006, 06:07:27 PM EDT

No.You.Are.Not. - (mmoffitt) - July 2, 2006, 08:15:42 PM EDT

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