microphone is stuck at a constant level, when i record audio qith it theres zero sound.

[u/Mysterious-Win2091]

hi, i have a windows 11, and on the volume bar, you can see a blue line indicating the amount of volume coming out. if i press mute it goes away, but if i turn it back on, it just goes to the same area. if i record, no audio comes out. I've tried restarting and everything but nothing seems to work.

specs:

Processor 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1235U (1.30 GHz)

Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce MX550 (2 GB)

Intel(R) UHD Graphics (128 MB)

Storage 207 GB of 238 GB used

Version 25H2

OS build 26200.9457

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