There are a lot of people who are no doubt familiar with the Steelseries Siberia series, as it is one of the most popular series of headphones offered by the famous brand. One of the many products included in this series is the Steelseries Siberia 350.
It comes with lots of different compatibility settings and accessibility settings, making it a convenient device that’s filled with lots of features. The mic is a simple and great addition too, but sometimes it doesn’t work. If your Steelseries Siberia 350’s mic is not working either, here are our most recommended solutions for the issue.
How to Fix Steelseries Siberia 350 Mic Not Working
- Windows Microphone Settings
There was an update a long time ago for Windows 10 which introduced a new feature to the OS. This feature is still around even now and is usually responsible for the microphone not working on the Steelseries Siberia 350.
The setting is basically something that lets you use microphones for certain applications while blocking off use for others, or even all of them collectively. Disabling this will ensure that the headphones’ mic works perfectly from now on.
Go to the device settings for Windows 10 and locate the menu which is meant specifically for microphone devices. In this menu, there will be an option for allowing apps to use your microphone. This is usually disabled by default and needs to be enabled to allow complete functionality for the Siberia 350’s microphone to work as it should be working.
- Correct Input Device
While Windows 10 usually recognizes the Steelseries Siberia 350 headphones as the default output device the moment you plug them in and get them set up, the same can’t be said for the input aspect. This means that it could be possible you simply haven’t got the correct input device assigned to the system, or the specific application in which the microphone isn’t working.
Go to the Windows audio settings and make sure that the microphone on the Steelseries Siberia 350 is being recognized properly. If it is, just assign it as the default input device and there shouldn’t be any issues like this any longer. But if all of this was already done and there are problems with it regardless, here’s one last solution worth trying.
- Force Driver Downloads
There’s a way to force Windows into installing the correct, generic drivers for the Steelseries Siberia 350 which usually solves all issues such as this related to the device. The process is fairly simple. The first thing to do is to go into the properties of the microphone and select the General tab from the top.
Now go to the controller information section and change the settings by going into the property tab from here. There will be a driver tab in these settings. Click on this and choose the option which lets you uninstall the device and check to delete drivers. Now just reboot the PC, which will install the drivers for you once it’s done restarting.