X-fi xtreme gamer fatal1ty conflict with Asus A8N SLI Premium Mobo with Nvidia nForce chip

i have had my x-fi for a few months now and ever since installing it there have been constant system hiccups, blue-screens, and performance locku
ps.
my system was perfect running the audigy 2, but the x-fi is messing everything up.
i have read about the conflicts with the nvidia chipsets and the x-fi drivers and have yet to find a solution. i love the quality of the sound from the card but i cant deal with these issues any longer and am going to return it if there is not some sort of solution.
it seems this problem is well known and has been for quite some time, i cant understand why creative hasnt released a patch for the drivers of the card.
if anyone has any suggestions for me i would really appreciate it so i dont have to yank the card out and return it to newegg.
thanks very much.
-Art

In all seriousness, return the card. Do it NOW because you still have the chance to. Don't wait until it's too late.
Then after that, if you are curious why I say that, do some searches about other issues everyone is having and Creative not being very responsi've.
Search (either here or use Google for external websites) for "ha20x2k.sys" and "BSOD" (or a combination of both). "Crash" and "BF242" or even other games such as WoW and CoH - just be (pun not intended) creative.
Don't be like the others here (like myself), who own a very expensi've paper weight. Sure you can continue to use it for listening to music, but that's like buying a sports car and just being able to use the stereo.Message Edited by naddie on 04-2-200706:54 AM

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