Hi, I have tried everything, including bellowing into and around my microphone in order to record into it. Alas, all to no avail..... How can I tell whether this is a hardware or a software issue? arecord -l provides the following: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 1: Intel ICH - MIC ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC ADC] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 2: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC2 ADC] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 3: Intel ICH - ADC2 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - ADC2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 I don't actually know what this means, but maybe some of you wonderfully helpful folks may be able to tell something.... I have never tried this out on any earlier installation of FC or RH9 with this machine, so the OS may not be an issue.... Thanks and best wishes! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250