X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro *not worki

Question

I purchased the card and installed as per instructions with no joy. All i get is blue screen to blue screen. I have tried everything and it doesnt work. The worst of it is being on hold on the so called "creative support line" for 95 minutes and nobody answers. Its a disgrace. You have failed to provide a support service by telephone. So now i have to waste my time registering and typing. Specs are as follows. Sort this out. I paid good money and have so far received nothing in return.
ComponentDescription<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">CPUIntel? Pentium? 4 550 Prescott (3.4 Ghz)?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">Memory52 MB DDR RAM - PC3200 ?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">MotherboardECS SF2-M7?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">Hard Dri've200GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA 6B200M0?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">Hard Dri've#2 200GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA 6B200M0?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">CD / DVD Dri'veLite-On? SOHW-633S DVDRW?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">CD / DVD Dri'veLite-On? SOHD-67T DVD dri've ?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">Floppy Dri'veFloppy disk dri've?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">Video / Graphics CardNvidia Geforce 6800 256mb<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">TV CardAverMedia A77 DVB-T TV-Tuner?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">Sound CardRealtek AC'97 audio?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">ModemC-Com 569PSV-R?<span class="ArticleInfoletLink">Network CardRealtek 839 / 80X (Onboard)??

Answer 1

Thr34t wrote:
From what I gathered from reading all of the problem threads, is that the model number changed and the ppl that have the newer models seem to not be having the problems. Like for Xtreme Music ppl that have 'MASB' in the beginning of their model seem to be the ones having the problems.Price differance between XTreme Gamer and the Fatalty one with X-ram is so low theres no point in Not getting the x-ram. Unlike the other hardware in computers, your sound card actually lasts. I had an old SB Gamer 5., back when 6bit was still around that lasted me 5 years, and got it for like $30 at the time. The fatalty one is about $30.My main concern has nothing to do with spending a little more for some thing that may not be used ( the x - ram ) but more of is it worth spending a little more for a sound card ppl Haven't been having problems with.
With respect, the MASB reference you are refering to is the 4 characters normally at the begining of the serial number.
My sound card actually has the 4 character prefix MASB, and I have had none of the issues that have previously been discussed in other threads. In my opinion, I can seriously doubt we can say which system setup will have the issues and which won't. The most probable way of testing is just to get one and try it.
For example I have a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 Mainboard, I have had no problems with the X-Fi Fatalty since purchase, buy my friend has the same board, but has had the previously mentioned issues.