
It is arguably the most renowned VoIP service in the world and millions around the globe use it on daily bases to keep in touch with their friends, family or co-workers. It all works.When we talk about VoIP (Voice-over Internet Protocol), the word Skype definitely hits our mind. In Ventrilo/Settings/ Output or Input Device, I am able to use Default DirectSound Device. I am also noticing two volume adjusters for Skype in my Volume Mixer. I unplugged and plugged in my USB Mic and it works in Skype. Shutdown and again Skype microphone did not work. I was disappointed to find that the microphone did not work in Skype. I was happy to find that the microphone worked properly in Skype right after the installation of the chipset drivers. I never got a warning so I assumed everything went alright. I gave up trying to find the chipset version in Win 8 so downloaded and installed chipset drivers thinking I would be warned during installation if newer drivers were already installed. The downloadable driver from ASUS was revision V15.37 dated 07-21-2009 and for Winħ. The P5N-D has an NVIDIA nForce C55/MCP31 Chipset. I figured 8 would find and install pretty much all drivers especially the chipset so I did not search for them.

I wish to have all the necessary information in one post so that the readers may find their answer in one place. Leo please respect my efforts and leave this post unanswered until The only way I knew to make it active was to delete my original post. I had to retype the above the best I could from memory because Leo had marked this Post as Answered. I managed to mess up Ventrillo again but got it fixed by following the instructions in this post. I have spent many hours reading and trying different things. I have been reading post regarding Skype. There is a Youtube Video and instructions here: Copy and Paste "A Quick Way to Solve Realtek HD Audio Plugged and Unplugged Problem" into Bing. I went to the Realtek website and updated the driver to 6.

I have downloaded the Realtek Audio Manager from ASUS, version 6. I will look into the Chipset driver version later.


The last BIOS for my MB was issued 01-07-2010 and addressed Adjusting CPU Temperature of Certain CPU's. I have not updated the BIOS since I was running 7.
