Mine's software-cued, I guess -- so not much else to choose, other
than switching software. The telephone services run will initially
detect a quiet state at the soundboard's microphone input selector,
says as much with a software notice, and then randomly may initialize
the other soundboard-connection block for optional use if the computer
case is built for front jacks. Never happens the other way around,
which is odd, so I'm stuck with a working/dependable microphone only
out of the computer case. Have supposedly a "high-end" audio-chipped
setup on a newer motherboard I haven't tried out yet. Give it a spin,
as it also has all I need for communication services -- Echo Feedback
Cancellation on the television's cheap built-in 4watt speakers. Last
SoundBlaster I used (long time ago) I thought a total pig on driver
resources and overall software overkill. ASUS Xonar boards seem the
king of value for bang these days -- good reviews, and I know with
mine I've run into some 3rd-party driver takes that are short, sweet,
and impressive.