WiDi application: time to say good-bye to video cable

Hey guys!
I've noticed this article from MSI TW Forum: https://forum-tc.msi.com/index.php?topic=113062.0
It's a useful information, so I try to translate it for you all~~I hope you like it
Before I introduce WiDi, I must tell you the MoBo I choose!
All those things started because I wanted to build a small HTPC for household multimedia in my new study.
At first, the HTPC I want to build is one machine with multipurpose for word processing, movie watching, and web surfing, sometimes for gaming. I don’t want to build an ATX sized PC, because it’s not suitable for my new study haha :P
After searching, I’ve noticed that most of the mini-ITX MoBos are normal spec without good performance, and it’s not measuring up to standards of mine…
Until I found this one! MSI Z97I AC!
I simply generalized the reason why I choose Z97I AC.
Z97I AC support CPU: Intel 4th & 5th gen Core/ Pentium/ Celeron processor, RAM: DDR3-3000 (OC).
I gonna to said that OC Genie is a perfect function for me, who didn’t know how to overclocking but wanna enhance performance, all the things I have to do is pushing OC Genie button in the BIOS, then I can get a better performance immediately. It’s really completed my demand of playing game by a small PC.
In fact, this MoBo also have many advantages, so then I’m writing to tell you all those functions.
Z97I AC not only uses Military class 4 components to ensure reliability and stable performance, but also improves Click BIOS 4 and Command Center for users to easy experience.
Furthermore, Z97I AC support Intel Wireless 802.11ac module, so I can download files through the fastest speed of 802.11 AC. That’s so convenient to me, I don’t need to use any cable for connection between cellphone and PC.
After using WiDi, I really enjoy about that I can easily stream movie, music or webs on my big TV screen from PC without any extra cost event without any cable anymore!
Requirements:
-Transceiver: A laptop, desktop, smartphone or tablet with Intel WiDi.
-Receiver: Intel WiDi certified receiver devices.
Desktop with Intel WiDi directly connect to display receiver in windows 8/ 8.1, we don’t need to download Intel WiDi update tool.
Video of instruction from Intel:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/widi-software-setup-win-8-1-video.html
But my PC is Windows 7 system, so I have to download Intel WiDi update tool software first.
Installation steps
Step 1. Download WiDi update tool software (click link below).
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/wireless/wireless-display?_ga=1.266059727.1313661783.1404963634
Step 2. After downloading, double-click on Intel WiDi Update Tool.exe. It will scan the system first.
Step 3. Downloading with software 4.2.29.0 version.
Step 4. After readking EULA, click “agree” to run Intel Wireless Display Software
Step 5. Search WiDi certified receiver devices
Step 6. Turn on the device
Step 7. WiDi device is found.
Step 8. Connect with device
Step 9. Hit shortcut keys for projection mode.
YEAH! Mission accomplished!
The followings are my feedback,
1. Now WiDi solution support Gen 4.
2. Serious signal interference in 2.4G WiFi, especially in midtown, but it’s much better to switch to 5G.
3. There are almost no postponement between PC and TV screen in 720P.
4. It’s a little bit of lag in 1080P, but I think it’s fine.

Nice!! but too many Chinese pictures
hope I can succeed...

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When you complete your current contract, Verizon has options on which incentives you would like to take.
You can sign a new 2 yr service contract by purchasing a new phone at a considerable discount(~$400+).
You can also choose to purchase a new smartphone on Edge at full retail cost for which Verizon will give you either a 37.5% or a 62.5% discount(depending on your data allowance) on your monthly line access fee when on the More Everything plan.
If you choose to simply continue using your current phone on the More Everything plan, Verizon ALSO offers the same 37.5%/62.5% discount(depending on your data allowance) on your monthly line access fee.
Of course, as with anything else, there are some which always want more of a discount than what is offered.
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Say good-bye to pirated computer games. Reasons for you to buy generic games!

Found this article!
It is totally true. So many benefits of generic games!!
Please check its source here for more picture reference:
http://happylifegreen.blogspot.tw/2015/01/say-good-bye-to-pirated-computer-games.html
IT IS CHEAPER
One of major reasons for most people installing pirated games is because they want to save money. However, they are wrong! If they play it wisely, purchasing generic games can be much cheaper!
Thanks to this digital era; nowadays you can buy and download almost all games from internet. There are several major gaming platforms. Biggest ones are Steam, Uplay, and Origin.
Steam is the biggest digital platform which houses thousands of games in more than 237 countries and in 21 different languages. Uplay started with Ubisoft games like Assassin’s Creed series and now expands to a much wider range of games. Origin, on the other hand, is (currently) purely for EA games.
You can literally find so many game discounts EVERYDAY on these game platforms. Moreover, every now and then, they have big sales as well. For example, last month Steam had its holiday big sales which had more than 5554 games on sale!
It is common to see many, many 90% off, 75% off, 60% off… You need to be very self-constrained before you put too many games in your Shopping Cart! Haha!
Another good thing is that games in digital format do drop in prices.
In Steam, it is common that after a couple of months of its launch, a game will start to have discount, and then it will drop in prices. For example, when Thief was first launched in 2014, the price was US$59.99. But if you check it on Steam, its price now already dropped to US$29.99.
If you go to a retail shop and want to buy a box version of this game, the price will probably still be close to US$59.99.
On the other hand, if you buy pirated games. It could cost more.
Pirated games usually charges by number of DVDs, and one DVD costs around US$3.
Because of nice visual graphic, it is common to see games exceed 15GB—which will requires roughly 3 DVDs or more. One DVD cost $3; in another word, you need to pay $9 for one game.
Some games, for example, The Evil Within, requires more than 38.6GB of disk space. It will need, I’m not sure, maybe more than 8 DVDs? Which means US$24??
What I usually do is to add games in Wish List. When the game is on sales, Steam will send me email, and I will be able to track if I am satisfied with the discount percentage or not. Easy!
IT IS SAFE WITH NO VIRUS
This is easy. No one will argue that almost all, if not all, pirated games (or software) have malware hidden inside! There is no free meal. If you want to save money, you need to trade in something else.
I am not sure how those virus will do to me, but I don’t want it secretly downloading some funny stuff from internet, and definitely I don’t want my credit card or other personal info be stolen!
YOU CAN CLOUD-SYNC GAME PROGRESS
Many games support cloud sync, meaning that you can go to any computer and start a game from where it left.
It is quite convenient. I have two laptops for home and office. When I go to a business trip, I can still continue my games from my work laptop.
In Steam, if you see a small cloud icon in front of games, it mean that the game supports cloud sync. The function works quite well!
ENJOY TEAM WORK AND DLC
If you play pirated Battlefield 4 or Titanfall (and many others), say good-bye to team mode~
Quite a number of games—especially EA games— require you to connect to game server via internet in order to play in multiplayer mode.
If you want to play with friends or want to challenge other games, buy generic games!
Many games have DLC packs which allow you to equip with different weapons, outfit, or special items. Sometime, pre-purchased games give you these for free.
Well, no such benefits in pirated versions.
EASY INSTALL AND UPDATE
How to install a game? You just need to click a “DOWNLOAD” button and then worry free. After installed, the game will update automatically; so you will always have the latest version of the game.
HAVE A SENSE OF FULFILLMENT
Currently I have more than 140 games in Steam and many others in Uplay and Origin. I have quite a sense of fulfillment to see all those game icons in one place.
GAMES WILL NEVER LOST
Years ago when there is no those digital platforms, you need to keep your game DVDs (or VCDs) well. Once lost, then bye-bye to the game. The same applies to pirated games that cannot comply with game platform.
If you own generic games, you will never lose them! You can change as many computers as you like; you can un-install games; you can buy-it-and-forget-it; you can keep games for generation for your grand-children. Those games will always be there waiting for you.
Once you want to put your hands on the games again, you just need to click “DOWNLOAD” button, and the game will alive once again!

So long, and thanks for contributing, in your way.

Saying Good Bye

Hi all,
I have been a big fan of WebOs. But I just got my HTC Evo. I have to say Android is amazingly pretty amazing :-)
Actually a year ago I compared the Google G1 with the Palm Pre and thought Palm Pre is the clear winner. But now I have to say the opposite (compared to the Android 2.1/2.2). And even if the new WebOs 2.0 is great again (in 2011?) or even better, then we have to realize that the WebOS is like Betamax, pretty good, but it is better for all of us to have less" mobile operating systems.
One major reason I bought the Palm was also Flash, but it never came. Now I actually think mobile phones should not support Flash anymore and instead use "open" standards like HTML5.
Before I forget, dear Palm community, thanks for your all your help so far!
Post relates to: Pre p100eww (Sprint)

sapag wrote:
So what is better on Palm Pre compared to Evo Android 2.1 so far:
- Better email app (unified inbox and Imap IDLE missing)
- Better locking (android always 2.1 locks at screen timeout; no pin code possible, only "patterns")
- Unified IM messaging
- Better handling of open apps (card system)
- LinkedIn app missing on Android
Better on Android: Hardware and Apps.
Just imagine, then, how you'll feel once HP/Palm releases new hardware. Honestly, I'm finding this to be a theme: folks "leave" webOS to go to Android because of all the shiny new hardware, but then miss all the things that makes webOS so much better. Many return their Android phones and come back to the Pre/Pixi. I imagine that once we have new hardware, the defections will drop off entirely.
As far as the apps go, that's obviously in favor of Android in terms of sheer numbers. So far I only miss a handful of apps on webOS, though, and that should change once the microphone and camera APIs are released.

Why did rMBP suddenly shut down before the delivery man could say Good-Bye?

Hi community,
Can you explain why an rMBP which I've just bought switched off without warning?
Here's my story in details:
Proof that it’s new, how it all happened and my theories why it could happen.
This is the paragraph which proves that the item was brand new:
I got an rMBP delivered from a well-known shop-chain. I carefully examined it. It hasn't been unsealed in any way. I opened the so-called transportation box. Unsealed the Apple box. Cloth inside, scent, MagSafe sealed.
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My guess 1 is: the MBP couldn’t work together with my USB flash card. It’s well-known MBPs don’t tolerate third-party peripherals. my USB flash card is produced by a respected firm, but it’s about 9 years old.
My second explanation is the mac didn’t like my MagSafe. I used a combination of the MagSafe from the freshest kit and the extending cord from my previous MBP which is 2008.
And the weakest excuse is the battery was so low that even plugging in couldn’t help. But I’ve never experienced that before.
The reason why I purchased this new device is the same problem which I’ve just described above: it also switches off.
Specs: APPLE MacBook Pro 13 ME864RU/A
(Intel Core i5-4258U 2.4 GHz/4096Mb/128Gb/Intel Iris
The date of production: Febr. 2014.

Barry,
Thank you that you let me understand how to sign with my name!
I can't believe those are my mistakes. These are two reasons why: 1) Experience reminds me, notebooks of all manufacturers can work even without batteries, and you, as Lvl 7, remember that no matter how uncharged the accumulator of an old MBP is, the device begins working as soon as you've plugged in the adaptor.
2) The cord was standard. Old, but made by Apple. And it did work. Provided the poor Mac with power. The older extending part had successfully worked together with the thin cord of a new MagSafe kit I'd recently bought as well as with a couple of previous ones.
. "You used a bunch of stuff that did not come with it. " And what bunch, Barry? One part of the cord only? Maybe you also mean the two usb cards! Then I can say they've never switched down any notebook. As for the first item (the modem), I've been using it for several years and had used a couple of its predecessors since 2008. And neither the second USB, the flash storage card, could cause a switch down too. I did have issues with one usb device, a no-name card-reader, but I couldn't notice failures caused by the two USBs that I've mentioned above.
The delivery man isn't familiar to Macbooks, but at least he had worked for the company for a long time, and he said that the device died and it was he who offered to take it back.
Yet, I might admit your answer is right. Cause the forum has taught me that any supernatural theory which comes to my mind as explanation to yet another problem occuring to my old MBP is, in fact, reality which has already been described by the forum users:-)
So, have new Macs really become so tender and do I have to ask this very Macbook back?
Nick

Off to recycling: Saying good bye to an old friend

I have an iBook G3 and an iMac G4. Both have carried me through great times. They have also both been replaced by their newer siblings. Time for the hear after. But before they go, I need to make sure all the knowledge which they posses is wiped for ever. I've backed up all the data, what is an good, effective way of deleting everything!!! Thanks

amzadii:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
The following procedure will erase the HDD. If you want completely wipe the HDD you can choose Security Options and choose the highest level of passes, although that will take a very long time. A simple zero will do for most practical purposes. An 7-way pass should be quite thorough for all but the FBI. The method below will leave the HDD without a formatted volume for installation.
Boot from the install CD holding down the "C" key.
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cornelius
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Say Good Bye To Neo2

I changed my mb to ASUS P4P800,
my system running so stable and BSOD 'll never appear again when Im run with MSI NEO2 865 PE no more !!!
no more question and discussion

Wonder if my shipment was the last straw...
I ordered a 20" CTO in September, and after a lot of odd tracking results (namely a package that kept getting scanned in Richmond over and over again), Sameday told me that they couldn't locate the package. They went from telling me that "Chances are it should arrive in a day or two", to "it didn't turn up in Kelowna like it should have; as it weighs 32 pounds I'm assuming it's a computer?", then "as we have no record of your shipment you'll have to contact Apple".
I wonder what 32 pound shipment they've been scanning if they have "no record" of the shipment?
From what I've read/heard, Sameday is more of a freight and large shipment company - I'm guessing that they weren't prepared for the massive amount of small residential deliveries that Apple required. By all accounts, their tracking system needs work.
Anyways, Apple made it right; they've replaced my order and it's due to arrive tomorrow via FedEx International Priority.
IME, Purolator's great. Quick shipments that always seem to arrive on time, even in our little town.
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Fellow Canucks...Say Good-bye To Sameday Right-O-Way

Hey Guys...ordered my new 24" IMac last Thanksgiving Day..well, the 8th.. from the Apple Store Canada and it arrived through Purolator less than a week later from the States on the 13th. This is amazing considering that when I ordered my 20" Core Duo last Feb., it took almost a month to arrrive. Looks like our shipping problems have been solved by Apple Canada; it appears they have awarded a new contract to Purolator. By-the by, this new IMac is AWESOME. No dead pixels and just as flawless as my last IMac. Did a totally painless transfer through firewire and the assitant and I couldn't be happier. I would like to thank Daveed,(obrigado amigo ), for all his wise advice. He helped me solve some issues re: my last Imac. This forum and its supporters are the next best thing to owning a Mac.

Wonder if my shipment was the last straw...
I ordered a 20" CTO in September, and after a lot of odd tracking results (namely a package that kept getting scanned in Richmond over and over again), Sameday told me that they couldn't locate the package. They went from telling me that "Chances are it should arrive in a day or two", to "it didn't turn up in Kelowna like it should have; as it weighs 32 pounds I'm assuming it's a computer?", then "as we have no record of your shipment you'll have to contact Apple".
I wonder what 32 pound shipment they've been scanning if they have "no record" of the shipment?
From what I've read/heard, Sameday is more of a freight and large shipment company - I'm guessing that they weren't prepared for the massive amount of small residential deliveries that Apple required. By all accounts, their tracking system needs work.
Anyways, Apple made it right; they've replaced my order and it's due to arrive tomorrow via FedEx International Priority.
IME, Purolator's great. Quick shipments that always seem to arrive on time, even in our little town.
20" iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, 256MB vid, 250GB HD
20" iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, 256MB vid, 250GB HD
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Michele,
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Good Bye Safari ;(

I've come to say good bye.
I'm like Safari for so many reason. It looks great, the bookmarks are easy to use and well organise, the google search window, etc, etc
However.....
I can no longer live with the unreliable way it deals with Flash. Almost all pages use flash now and it crash's all the time in Safari. Every time it does the whole app freezes for 10 seconds, I can't change tabs or windows.
I'm afraid I'm now using Google Chrome. Flash crashes less often, and when it does it only freezes the window that's affected letting me continue in other tabs/windows.
I hope I can return soon, just waiting for you to fix these problems.

If it crashes with Flash, fix the problem, especially since it also crashes Chrome. There are many postings with solutions. Safari hasn't crashed for over two years, the entire time I was beta-testing Snow Leopard, and I routinely view Flash videos w/o issues. However, your choice, since it's your computer.

Hey Good Bye MSI

Hey,
Just wanted to say Good bye to everyone , I now with Abit , I got the Abit IC7-MAx3, and I love it , I got so tired if MSI 875, BIOS Problems. So I hope that everyone can fix the problems with there board..
GO Away MSI , and never come back again .
Take Care everyone.
Bye

Well... I can do nothing but to bid farewell... Hope you don't have to type the same thing in ABIT forum when you switch to ASUS the next time round .
Anyway, I'm also getting either the ABIT IC7 Max3 OTES or ASUS Dual P4 CPU mobo running on the i875P chipset for a test bed to run and compare the performance with my two other stable systems running on MSI 865PE NEO2 S mobo and MSI 655 FIS2R HT MVP mobo.
I shall see on how the results varies in various tests but it'll only happen in Dec... as the mobos here are Expensive !!!

Some one please answer this, every time i go into application loader it says, application failed codesign verification go into application loader and try to publish a app it says, please go into depth im a beginner, and use gamesalad

some one please answer this, every time i go into application loader it says, application failed codesign verification , please go into depth im a beginner, and only use gamesalad please respond as soon as possible!

yes i did sorry for the late response LOL plus it was just a minor error! Just check to make sure u have all of ur correct distribution/developer/and creator certificates in your keychain access installed and up-to-date! Plus i have had over 900 downloads on that game!! ^^
-CHEERS /RYAN

Good-bye verizon, hello wolrd

Goodbye Verizon, Hello World Account: 012xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Customer Id Code: 11xxxxxxx Customer since 1995 with 56k dial-up But not much longer. {edited for privacy} The service I am suppose to get: High Speed Internet Enhanced 3.1 to 7 Mbps What I really get: download 1.54mbps upload 0.41mbps Wednesday 21May 2014, 01:07:35 PM Your IP: {edited for privacy} Down 1.80 up 0.56 Reboot the modem.Again. Saturday 24-May 2014, 08:12:26 AM Your IP: {edited for privacy} down 1.80 up .56 just like dial up. brings back fond memories. not. Sunday 25-May 2014, 07:55:15 AM Your IP: {edited for privacy} So I do my daily ”how slow is Verizon today?”. http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ Monday 26-May 2014, 07:42:19 AM Your IP: {edited for privacy} up 2.52 down .78 Monday 26-May 2014, 07:35:42 PM Your IP: {edited for privacy} down 2.89 up 0.77 almost like real internet.almost. So I goggle Verizon speed test I choose the “test my internet speed” It goes to “test your lousy internet to our business zoom-zoom fios!!!!!!!” http://www.verizon.com/smallbusiness/internetspeedtest/ Down 1.37 up .71 Now that’s interesting, as the speed is half of speakeasy.net website. So I choose the Verizon speed test on the left. http://www.verizon.com/home/fios-quantum-internet/speedtest.html down 2.90 up 0.71 Now the speed is almost the same as speakeasy.net Must be a mistake. So I run the test on each website several more times. Same results. Is it possible Verizon has deliberately throttled the business site speed by 50% to game the speed??????? Tuesday 27-May 2014, 07:49:56 AM Your IP: {edited for privacy} down 2.89 up .78 Wednesday 28-May 2014, 07:41:56 AM Your IP: {edited for privacy} down 2.89 up .77 Thank god it's Friday 13-Jun 2014, 07:43:39 AM Your IP: {edited for privacy} down 0.77 up 0.75 Speakeasy result 8/7/2014 8:53 AM 2.89 Mbps 0.76 Mbps 98.112.2.172 Los Angeles, CA 08/13/2014 Service has been sporadic or non-existent for the last five days. Again. 8/13/2014 7:59 PM down 2.46 up .76 new ip {edited for privacy} 8/15/2014 1:39 PM down 2.53 up .76 ip {edited for privacy} 8/15/2014 4:52 PM Now slowly connects to internet. Won’t run speed test. Just sits at preparing download test. 08/16/2014 Get email on my smart phone. Yes, my phone. Can’t get emails from the the dsl line, or net access. “Verizon is experiencing a service disruption”. Notice its Verizon, not the customers, who have the disruption. The best part is it tells the customer to go to a web site to check on the outage. The web page I can't access as the dsl signal is down. What does the web page say, you ask??????? “We are having a disruption of service and are trying real hard to get it back up”. Again. I have finally dumped Verizon “enhanced” dsl for charter.net cable internet access. I went from this: down 2.90 up 0.71(sometimes) To this: down 63.54 up 3.31 Sixty-three point fifty-four mbps Charter cable, internet only cable box What a coincidence, now that I have real “enhanced” internet speed, Netflix flys like a rocket. No rebuffering, no “internet service not available”, no waiting for the movie to reload if I fast forward/rewind. And the best part is……. Drum roll, Please rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.(cymbol crash)! Fri, 30 May 2014 01:31:59 an email from Verizon Dear Valued Verizon Customer, We realize you have choices when it comes to choosing your Broadband provider, and would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for being a loyal customer and for choosing Verizon. In order to continue to bring you quality service and product innovation, at times we need to raise our rates. Your monthly rate will increase by $3.00 That was all I needed to switch to Charter. So I’m going from $35 a month for slow and many times nonexistent service, to $40 for service that is 10 to 20 times faster, and doesn’t demand a bribe, err, a voluntary contribution from Netflix not to be throttled. And does anyone really believe Verizon position why net neutrality is bad????? Verizon Says It Wants to Kill Net Neutrality to Help Blind, Deaf and Disabled People http://billmoyers.com/2014/06/13/verizon-says-it-wants-to-kill-net-neutrality-to-help-blind-deaf-and... Verizon lobbyists are canvassing Capitol Hill with a curious new argument against net neutrality — it hurts disabled people. BAWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The sad fact is Verizon, and all of the copper wire providers can't wait to dump you. I also cut the satellite/cable TV plans, as 500 channels and nothing to watch. I live in L.A. and are fortunate to have FREE DIGTAL over the air TV. So I programmed my TV to the 15 stations I only watch, use netflix, or gasp, read a book!!!!!!!!! So, good-bye Verizon. Adious. Zoi geen. Adieu. Annyeonghi kyeseyo. Arrivederci. Auf Wiedersehen. Do svidan’ya.

I know your pain and at least you have the choice to dump Verizon and go somewhere else. I don't have that choice because of where I live Verizon are the only internet providers. I've been having line issues since they moved me over to their "enhanced" service last year. Two months after I was switched my speed began to get throttled down so I called regular support, no help there, then I came here and Executive Appeals took over my case. Man, was that the worst decision ever because they actually made my line worse; constant dropouts began a week after they began working on my line. The original issue was only the throttling, so it went from that to my line being barely usuable but E A refused to fix the problem they caused and stopped talking to me altogther, left me high and dry. Anyway, back I went to regular support and that has turned into a nightmare. No one listens, no cares and now they want to take away the 7.1M that I've had for several years because they think that is causing the dropouts even though I have repeatedly told them that the E A caused the dropout issue and that I never had any major problems with the 7 megs. Sigh, so now on top of still having the throttling issue and dropouts, they want to downgrade my speed. They have had me at 1mbps (as a test) and I still had the dropouts, so I don't understand why they're insisting on lowering my speed permanently when they themselves (MCO) know the lower speed did not stop/correct the dropouts. This has been going on for 10 very long months and I went from having a mostly issue free, good line to an issue filled, bad line...and it continues. This November will be exactly one year since this ordeal began.
Anyway, didn't mean to hijack your post! But I'm glad at least you could leave Verizon and go somewhere better.

The official "Time to say GoodBye" Thr

After more then a year it's time to say goodbye for me!
When I got my Vista installed a long time ago I was aware that there will be some hardware components that will not work nice due to bad drivers. I gave my hardware companies more then a year time to get their stuff together and release working drivers. I came here to report problems and bugs in current drivers in the hope that CreativeLabs listens to me and other people here, but now after one year of waiting I am pretty sure that nothing will change here anymore
I am one of the 0.0% (according to an CL guy) of people that are having a problem with their XFI Elite Pro Card (for that I payed more then 300Euros when it came out) and I was CL Soundblaster user since I can remember. I have very strange sound effects (crackling, noises, scratching) when I activate the SLI Mode for my Videocards and like many other users here I am missing very important features like Dolby, that were available when I had windows XP installed.
Because Vista does a very good job on my system and other companies have released good drivers for all my hardware I see absolutly no reason to switch back to Windows XP, just because Creative Labs is not able to release drivers. In my opinion it's just a shame for Creative Labs what they do. It's no secret that CL really does build very nice hardware, but their software and specially drivers simply suxx very much! After spending several days and nights in the internet, trying to find a solution/workaround for my problems, I was pretty surprised how many BAD feedback Creative is getting regarding their drivers and software. Many many websites (Tuning, hardware reviews, support, gaming whatever) talk very bad about CL and their drivers and all of them say that something is going wrong at CL.
A big company like CL can not act like this and they will get what they deserve in the future. Specially their mess with the XFI card and crackling. Many people with a lot of knowledge are pretty sure that the XFI Hardware simply is not as good as it should be. Creative has made a sticky in these forums where they told us that the Nforce 4 Chipset may cause those problems, however ... after spending an hour talking with Nvidia Support guys, I am pretty sure this is not Nvidias fault.
Specially because I have the same problem now with my new Nforce 590 Board and people with Intel, Via or whatever Chipsets have similar problems. According to Creative Labs all those chipsets are bad, but I don't believe that. The XFI is bad, that's it! It's crap piece of hardware that was never tested enough and because the guys that code the driver and software for those hardware completly fail in doing their job ... it makes no sense for me anymore
Now like said: Everything works fine in my system except my XFI Card. Because I see that it does not help to wait for drivers anymore, I decided today to get another XFI Card from another company. Which works absoluty nice for me without any annoying problems, sound-effects and crackling.
Since more then a year I did not had sound like this and now I can finally play all my games again with enabled SLI Mode. This is what I expected from my XFI a long time ago. I am not that hardcore freak and don't need all the nice features and extras that my XFI offers. All I wanted is to play games with nice surround sound, without any bluescreens and sometimes listen music or watching videos on my PC. The XFI was not able to do this for me without any trouble. This are basic features that every onboard soundcard can offer, but not my XFI due to very bad designed drivers and software that was coded by guys that should find another job !!!
Every company got flamed at the beginning. ATI, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and many many others got flamed because after release of Vista not everything was working. But all of them got that point that users are very angry and spend a lot of time, energy and money into driver/software part. The one and only company that fails here is in my opionion just Creative. I don't see any other companies right now that get flamed so much for their very bad Vista Support.
Now I am done with this crap. My life is too short to waste my time here every few days to see if anything got fixed by CL. So I do that what many people are doing right now ... leaving you and use a soundcard from another company!
For sure I will tell all my friends how bad CL is and that they should never buy a CL product anymore, but most of my friends already know about these problems and bad products from CL so even if I give them money and a XFI for free, they don't want it! This is all what I can do as a customer. Sure, Creative is a big company and it's not the end for them if a guy that used CL products for 5 years leaves them, but I hope many of you will follow and let creative know that you don't like what they are doing right now.
So it's time to say Goodbye! I wish you the best and hopefully you will get stable drivers and software one day. You paid a lot of money for your stuff and its simply the job of CL to make sure your stuff works fine! If they fail in this, you should not use their products anymore to show them that you don't like that!
Last but not least: There are many great people here which do their best by releasing custom drivers or modified software, or trying to help other people that have problems. Those people finally get a big THANK YOU from me! It's nice to have guys like you here, without you we simply would be lost totally because we can not expect anything from Creative anymore!
I could write 000 more pages about what I think about Creative and their products, but I think everything was already said 000 times in these forums and on other websites. To make it short: Creative Products suxx! Nice hardware, horrible software/drivers! But who cares
Cya and goodbye!
For those who are interested:
This is how I played with Creative XFI:
http://www.homeys-bunker.de/homey/XFI_Crap.AVI
This is how I am playing now with my ********* XFI
http://www.homeys-bunker.de/homey/XFI-Dream.AVI
*starting his HalfLife 2 game and enjoying the best sound he ever heard in his life without any SCP*
*edit*
Oh creative ... because I am pretty sure you will delete this posting ... do me a favor and delete my account here to. Like already said: I don't use your crappy products anymore and I am using a soundcard now that works fine! So instead wasting my time with complaining here and checking out new drivers (just to find out the release notes just look like this: - added BlueScreens for several Mutliplayer Games), I simply can start playing my games and don't have to waste my time here anymore! Something is really wrong there in your company, sad that you don't realize it. Some people there definitily need a new job!!! And if you don't realize that, ALL of you need a new job because no one will buy your products anymore in a few years! The XFI was your Flagship! If you don't support it, no one can help you anymore!
Message Edited by Homey-GER on 0-20-200707:7 PM

Hello to all, i registered just minutes ago and i will not say goodbye.My first soundcard was the original Adlib-Soundcard, it only could do music, and i bought the Soundblaster .0 as early as one could do?(and the Stereo-Chips later).With one exception i had only Creative soundcards since then and i remeber my SB6 was one crackling bitch of hell and i was falling back to the SB Pro.Later i used the Digital 4. and the Li've 5. then Soundstorm2 on my Asus A7N8X-Deluxe and?the days?X-Fi?arri'ved at the shops?i was setting up a new system and got me the X-Fi Xtreme Music. I had really little problems with it (never used an Nforce after NF2) and was a satisfied customer.(i choosed the Xtreme Music?in the know that the advanced functions as X-Ram etc. will not find broad use or will not bring big performance).Eventually i decided to go risky and try to use Vista 64 Ultimate and for some Weeks only OnBoardsound worked for me and this is really bad sound compared to the X-Fi, so?i am happy i have my X-Fi working with the latest drivers. Thx Creative!?But i am only using 2. Sound or Stereo-Headphones, so i dont miss 5. or 7. Sound. I switched my Micro to a USB-Micro (from Logitech) as only this is working right so as i want. I had to disable CnQ on my machine as i?got frequently BSOD after installing my Soundcard, without CnQ i do not have any BSOD. One thing i can not blame to Creative, i had the Asus M2R32 and this Board seem not to work with X-Fi as i got the SOD around every 20 mins, but my PhysX was not working too, so i think the Asus-Board is crap!?I will say, there is good and bad about Creative and the X-Fi and the drivers, but it is the best Sound i can have and so far working good enough to not displease me, no crackling, popping, BSOD, only good Sound!Creative has some troubles (mainly from their own fault) and i hope they will find a solution for all the problems to stay in business another successfull decade. My System:Vista 64AMD x2 5600+Asrock Ali'veSata2 (Via K8T890)4x GB RamAti x950xtxX-Fi Xtreme MusicAsus P PhysX2 x Maxtor Maxline3 60 GB (JBOD)?P.S. Maybe AMD is looking for another Company to takeover Message Edited by Timitus on 0-23-200709:26 PM

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