Gigaworks s700 blinking powerlight

Well title says it all. I have searched the boards. Only thing I have found was to basically return the subwoofer. This isn't gonna happen I'm out of warranty. And I'm not gonna put any more money into these speakers. Creative tech service is junk... The last thing I want to hear when I want help cause of faulty equipment is that I'm gonna have to pay before they help me. Well I got a few choice words for them. None of them nice.
So I'm asking the community if theres anybody out there who has had this problem and has been able to fix it themselfs. I would need a diagram and directions. But I'm not stupid, and can do it with just that. Of course if its not just one thing I would also need to know what to check and how to check it.
There is no way I'm shipping the subwoofer back and paying them to fix it. I will throw it in the trash before I do that. I will never buy anything from creative again unless I get some helpful feedback here. I'd rather pay 300$ and get a new system then pay creative which could be 40$ or more to fix something that I have no faith in anymore. I really am dissappionted in your service. I mean really you could atleast try and help other then saying well unless you pay your not getting any help from us. Really theres plenty of companys that offer help over the phone without having to pay for it...
Message Edited by sourn on 04-19-2006 03:27 PM

well... if there is more than 100 % i would say your infinity% right ...... i purchased the GIGAWORKS S750 2 weeks ago.. the first problem i faced is that no sound came from the rear right... then no sound from side right ... and the rear right gives.... they told me its a connection problem.... i checked the cables 1000000000 times and still there is no sound.... everytime i email the customer support... they say check the cables... " DONT HESITATE TO CONTACT US IF YOU NEED ANY CLARIFICATION " ..... actually i get no help .. id better save my time than emailing you..then a week later .. the power LED started blinkling when i was listening to music on a "LOW " ... the system totally shut down...... NOwi reutrned the system to the place of purchase, and everytime they send it to creative they say there is no problem with the sub..... how come ... !?! they returned the sub and its not workin..... now they will replace it with a new system... but do u think the problem is solved.. after looking at the discussion forums... i became 100000 % sure that the power led will blink after one month,2 months 1 year , 2 years i dunno when...... at that time the warranty will expire.... HOw come such a well known company could have such problems.. they should be ashamed of themselves for not delivering satisfactory systems.... now i payed 300$ as a first payment for the fuked up giga system and all what im thinking of is " OH MY GOD the LED will blink after a while."" should i continue like this..... GIGAWORKS " THX CERTIFIED" >>>>>>> LED blinks...... OH MY GOD .. after getting the new system ill try it.... if it blinks.. ill tell them to replace it with the PROGAMER or else im gonna pay the rest of the payments..

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