I have two USB microphones: a Blue Snowball and another simple plug-and-play mic from Amazon that has a headphone preamp for mic monitoring. They worked perfectly until I accidentally unplugged one a few days ago. Now, neither mic is showing up on my computer as a device, even though the lights on both are on, indicating they're powered. I can hear the monitor through my headphones connected to the preamp mic, so it seems like the issue lies with my computer rather than the mics. I've already checked the device manager and sound settings, but I can't find either mic listed. Any ideas on how to fix this?
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Have you tried rebooting your PC? Sometimes a simple restart can fix detection issues. If that doesn't work, go into the Device Manager and toggle 'Show hidden devices'. If you're still not seeing them, try deleting any instances of the mics, reboot the computer, and then reconnect them to see if they're recognized again.
Yeah, I rebooted already. The issue is that neither mic shows up in Device Manager at all.