OK, so currently I am happily tuned by Chet via Cobb AP. The laptop I used to log with took a turn for the worse and I decided to scrap it, due to repair costs. It seems to get a decent computer I am not just wasting money on, ie decent process, ram, etc., I will have to get a new Windows 8.
Windows 8 is a pain in my ass!!!
I purchased a decent laptop from BestBuy and downloaded all the needed software to datalog and tune. Everything worked just peachy except the serial to USB cable. After buying 3 different cables and each one not working, I gave up and have been at a stand still since. I tried older drivers and fully updated drivers and neither would work.
So right now I am weighing the options and seeing what others have done. Considering buying a copy of Windows 7 and just downgrading the OS, which seems retarded because eventually Cobb will have to be more Windows 8 friendly. My other option is possibly to sell my Cobb, and retune via Tactrix and whatever program that works with it, but only if it is more Windows 8 friendly.
Anyone had experience with Tactrix and Windows 8? From the technical side will downgrading fix my issues possibly and let me use my old serial to USB? Either way I am out money for whatever option is best, just want to make sure I don't waste any money.
**Sidenote** the cables I used were recognized by Windows, everything was turned on properly in ATR, it would just freeze the program and computer if I tried to log or view the AFR data.
Windows 8 is a pain in my ass!!!
I purchased a decent laptop from BestBuy and downloaded all the needed software to datalog and tune. Everything worked just peachy except the serial to USB cable. After buying 3 different cables and each one not working, I gave up and have been at a stand still since. I tried older drivers and fully updated drivers and neither would work.
So right now I am weighing the options and seeing what others have done. Considering buying a copy of Windows 7 and just downgrading the OS, which seems retarded because eventually Cobb will have to be more Windows 8 friendly. My other option is possibly to sell my Cobb, and retune via Tactrix and whatever program that works with it, but only if it is more Windows 8 friendly.
Anyone had experience with Tactrix and Windows 8? From the technical side will downgrading fix my issues possibly and let me use my old serial to USB? Either way I am out money for whatever option is best, just want to make sure I don't waste any money.
**Sidenote** the cables I used were recognized by Windows, everything was turned on properly in ATR, it would just freeze the program and computer if I tried to log or view the AFR data.
