Ok so last week every thing was just peachy with my gps - a month old vista hcx with 2 gb sd card. I ran a pq, and downloaded it to the gps. Note, i have a intel Macbook pro running snow leopard
today I went to try and install some maps so i can look at a street map with the cache locations overlayed to find caches easier(and for general maps since i use this with my bike qute often). so first i downloaded the map online in the gmappsupp.img and then moved it onto the sd card (via sd card reader not gps). this did achieve the desired results (or any for that matter), so i installed garmin's mapinstall and mapmanager, followed the directions and went to use mapinstall but it was never able to "find my device" after restarting the gps several times and trying again nothing happened. restatred the computer and reinstalled mapinstall again as well, no succes.
i looked at the interface page in the setup menu and it reads usb not connected. also tried doing a simple send to gps from geocaching.com and the garmin communicator plug in is not recognizing my gps.
then, i went to turn off the gps and it let out a LONG beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, which did not end until I took a battery out. took the sd card out and the beeeeeep stopped, deleted the file i moved onto the memory card, put the card back in, and the beeeeep returned. meanwhile there was/is still no connectivity between my devices.
Anyone run into a similar problem? any solutions? any help is greately appreciated. would restoring it to factory settings possibly help?