My mic broke......again

[Marsden 1st MRB]

So I have this USB microphone that I bought just cheap at radioshack so that could be the problem but I grabbed because i broke off the damn 8.5mm prong for the mic into the port on my rig *facepalm*. The cheap little mic I bought worked just fine for quite a while (the time before my last long silent spell) and then my mother board on my rig started taking a shit on me and the mic stopped working because for whatever reason it started installing and unstalling the drivers like mad on me, like i said prollybecause the motherboard was malfunctioning. So I have since sent my comp in for repair and started using my GF's laptop again, plugged the mic in and it worked fine.

Now all of a sudden litterally 30 seconds after i finish talking with someone in vent and i switch channels ventrilo informs me that my mic has stopped sending input to the software. I was planning on rebooting any how because i had had the computer on since about 11 this morning PST so I rebooted it up (mind you the entire time was not spent with the mic in use or even in-game) and the light on the mic did not even light up, unplugged it again plugged it back in still not lighting up tried the other two ports on the laptop which i know are working as they are powering my mouse and keyboard, the port the mic initially was in works for both of those as well, so i looked through my recording devices, my device list and even my sound devices (the mic has a port for headphones on it) and it didn't show up anywhere when it was plugged in or removed and re-inserted. Attempted another re-boot, still nothing. WTF man?

[Dillon 1st MRB]

USB microphone's are a bit tricky.

And by device drivers installing and such, what drivers was it getting? Can you get me the specs on your motherboard or computer model number?

[Marsden 1st MRB]

well right now i am running on a laptop with a i3 proccessor 2.53 GHz with 3gb ram, aside from that idk my rig is in the shop getting the motherboard remanufactured but when i get it bak i can post up some info on it. I just bought a 26 dollar desk mic to keep me voiced for now but i would rather get my clipp mic back up and running then constantly have to lean over lol. And as far as which drivers it was installing and uninstalling i'm not positive, i believe they were just some stock drivers the device had loaded onto it but it never really told me which drivers were failing and which were successfull during install