1. Contact Dell customer support for advice.
2. See if you can find out what audio devices are installed and download directly from the makers site.
3. See if an external microphone (for example in a headset) works.
Kees
Dell inspiron 1521 Laptop
My system was made with xp and after upgrading to win7 the built in Microphone will not work .I have tried to down load new driver on Dell site but it only gives me an option with original xp system . How do I get the correct driver for win 7?

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