Creative X-Fi (Xfi) Digital Out Fix

“Fix Digital Out for Creative X-Fi (place in Startup folder).exe” download link I’ve posted about Creative’s little, shall we say, quirk whereby the digital output on the Creative X-Fi Digital I/O module never works when Windows starts even though the little check box is, indeed, checked. Well, I just stumbled upon this little exe (3.5k!) that [...]

Creative Brilliance

While writing my previous post about a Creative bug I found an even better one. I was watching a DVD when I started to write the post. I had sound. I paused the DVD and started writing. While writing the post I opened the Control Panel windows to make sure I was getting the names [...]

Creative X-FI Digital I/O Quirk on Windows XP

Creative products have always been a little, well, quirky (the less charitable might say buggy). Which seems odd for the world’s largest and most expensive consumer soundcard manufacturer. Quirks like undistorted 5.1 sound not being available in otherwise reference quality racing game “Flatout 2″. Or never having a digital optical or coax out. Or insisting [...]

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