Hi,
my vaio (VPCEH28FG) internal mic just stopped working a few days ago out of the blue. It was still working fine just a short amount of time back. Currently it produces constant static noise but does not pick up anything else, except when i hit it. My mic is enabled in the sound settings and it is not muted. I also reinstalled and updated the audio driver (Conexant) to no avail. I saw online that the mic could be connected to the webcam and i reinstalled the camera driver and suprisingly it did work again for 1 start up. I have not been able to replicate that success since. I also tried to rollback any updates as there was a windows update and i thought it may be the culprit but it either is not or i didnt roll it back far enough.
Is there any other solutions that I could try? Would an alternative driver e.g. Realtek cause any worse issues? Or could this be a hardware issue? Thanks!