The Laptop in question is an HP 15-bs212wm, and the Mic works fine under Windows..... :\ Anywho, here's the output of lspci:
hp-laptop-15-bs212wm
description: Notebook
product: HP Laptop 15-bs2xx (3TT16UA#ABA)
vendor: HP
version: Type1ProductConfigId
serial: CND815512F...
Here's a heads up about an unusual audio related problem I finally fixed on my laptop the other day (running Debian Testing).
A couple of weeks ago I had my laptop plugged into one of our TV's via the HDMI port and had all of my audio routed through the TV so my wife and I could watch some...