IronShay

Ah, it happened to me too!

Well I didn't actually smell or hear anything suspicious but there was no audio and the green LED went flickering when the unit was powered on.

I'd wish the was an easy solution to this, like replacing the faulty part (IC's or other parts).

Btw, I have seen something like that yellow stuff on a TV card also, I thought it was some kind of glue or isolator...

But this is really the symptom of the modern technology age, consumption is the law, while repair is made hard by unnecessary complex construction.

HI!, this is a great sound system, certainly needs some hacks to perform tops but in, let´s say, 80% of the cases it worths to fix it (DIY of course), why don´t you help me by publishing a high res of the top board AMP to compare components visually.

Don´t forget too look at Creative Forums, the green blinking light is a common problem related to a malfuctioning MosFet or transistor, a computer fan blowing air directly to the dissipator at the back of the sub is also a good idea.

If you have a friend that enjoys electronic and have at least intermediate knowledge give this www.tgahinfo.homecall.co.uk/S750 PSU and your gigaworks to he or she and I bet you will start loving mmm... both, the friend and the system LOL

I understand it now, I’m just not lucky with gadgets. First it was my sound system that died on me and

I fix loads if these excellent systems from customers all over the world. The faults are mostly  limited to the power supply board which can be easily removed and sent to me for service/overhaul with a 12 month warranty.!

The picture you provided shows normal adhesive used in manufacture to stop the components shaking off the boards at high volume levels.

Stephen       highviewvideo@sky.com

Dell Fail

I  have the same Creative GigaWorks S750 system, with the same issue - blinking green light !

If you are confident to fix it, what will the cost be

From South Africa

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GUYS PLS HELP ME, MY 7.1 GIGAWORKS S750 NOT WORKING ANY HELP

PLS HELP WITH MY 7.1 GIGAWORKS S750

THANKS

ELVIS

I have had 4 sets over 4 years.  Fortuntately for me each blew within the warrnty timescale.  Creative Support UK were fantastic.  I had a replacement sent within days.  I now have 28 Speakers and 4 dead Amps/Boxes/Woofers ???  Or what ever they are called.  The 4th lasted 3 years until I decide to dedicate a room to my Gaming/Media PC and the s750 Sound system.  I moved it all and this was the 1st time in 3 years that I had actually turned/unplugged the 750.  When I turned it on again in the new room, CRACK. That was the sound coming from the 750 before I even turned on the PC.  Yes, it had died.  I was mortified.  I looked, and looked for a replacement but nothing came anywhere near close.  So.....  I have found a chap, a local chap that fixes all manor of electronic devices.  I have left it in his capable hands.  If he can not fix it, no one can.  If he does I will be extatic.  I would like to offer a fix for the other three only one day, in dispair, I took them to the local dump and sent them on their way.  I might live to regret this as some of you may have wanted them.  AND I would have given them away for free.  Keep your fingers crossed for me.  If I get a working version back, then there is hop and I will pass on the detials of the chap that solved it all.  I have noticed that you can no longer purchase the 750 in the UK.  Perhaps that is because we run a 240 volt system ????  It is still available in other countries that only run 120.   What do I know, nothing.  One thing that did strike me as poor, is that the 750 had no Earth Connection.  Even my Kettle has that.  So what a shame.   When working it was absolutely amzing.  I am so very sad that after 4 kits and the same number of years, I am finaly without one. :o(