Ok, I can hear my mic by myself when I talk into it, I have a Sennheiser PC 150 headset, it does seem very quiet when I talk into it though, and on either, Skype, Ventrilo, or css no one can hear me. I use Realtek onboard sound from my mobo, which is an Abit AA8XE, the 880 chipset I believe. I just got the latest driver for it, what could be the problem? And yes all my audio levels are set, I have also tried another mic and had the same results.