Didn't notice a reply even though it's been a couple of days, so I'll
take a stab:

Display the Windows volume control window, choose File -> Properties, and
click the radio button for record (rather than playback) controls, click
OK, then make sure the checkbox for the microphone input is selected
rather than one of the other inputs (CD music, line-in jack, etc.)  Most
folks don't realize that you have to select which input for the sound
card to use, even though you might be hearing the sound already through
the speakers.

This may be entirely off-base for you, however, since you say that the
slider control in Control Panel is greyed-out.  You may have a driver
problem instead.

-JOWj.
John Wilson
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On Tue, 12 May 1998, Russ Poffenberger wrote:

> I am trying to get a microphone to work (to record to disk, or as input to
> games) on my Pentium 166MMX with Sound Blaster AWE 64. This is running Windows
> 95 OSR2 with the latest SoundBlaster drivers.
>
> I have had the card in for some time, and it works fine for sound, but this is
> the first time I am trying to record with it. The driver control panel shows the
> recording volume level slider grayed out, and while sound from the mic will echo
> through the speakers, nothing but silence is ever registered to the sound
> recorder applications (I have tried the Win95 recorder and the Sound Blaster
> mixer).
>
> Anybody got any ideas on what is wrong?