Beer Baron 007 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I keep crashing my laptop while using my mapsource software. I have previously been able to upload/download info via a serial to USB connection to my HP laptop. My wife is gonna kill me if I don't get this straightened out! Any thoughts? It will run the software just fine until I try to upload download, and then I get a consistently fuzzy BSOD. Anyone ever run into this before? Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Never had the problem. Perhaps you should contact Garmin. Moving this to the appropriate forum where the experts lurk and might be able to help. Quote Link to comment
+Klemmer Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 New laptop using Windows Vista? There are several other threads here on problems with GPS software & Vista. Be sure you have the latest versions / updates of the software. Vista is a mess. Quote Link to comment
+Chuy! Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) I'm no expert... It may help to uninstall/re-install MapSource, and use latest version - 6.13.5. Edited December 2, 2007 by Chuy! Quote Link to comment
jdwest32 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 New laptop using Windows Vista? There are several other threads here on problems with GPS software & Vista. Be sure you have the latest versions / updates of the software. Vista is a mess. I honestly think the probem is Vista. MS has a huge mess on its hands with Vista. XP worked so they might as well replace it with something that sucks as bad as vista Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) I keep crashing my laptop while using my mapsource software. I have previously been able to upload/download info via a serial to USB connection to my HP laptop. My wife is gonna kill me if I don't get this straightened out! Any thoughts? It will run the software just fine until I try to upload download, and then I get a consistently fuzzy BSOD. Anyone ever run into this before? Pardon my ignorance, but what is a "fuzzy BSOD"? And is that contrasted with a "clear BSOD"? Edited December 2, 2007 by Team Cotati Quote Link to comment
+Team_LPD Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Its not Vista. Did you just switch over to Vista? Have you been able to download before with Vista? Vista and MapSource run just fine on my HP laptop with Vista. Quote Link to comment
+Seedillume Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 My guess is Vista. Try running the software in compatibility mode. Quote Link to comment
+ArmandoM Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Is this a new laptop? Are you able to read the error from the BSOD? Quote Link to comment
+JohnTee Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Pardon my ignorance, but what is a "fuzzy BSOD"? And is that contrasted with a "clear BSOD"? The famous, or is that 'infamous' "Blue Screen Of Death" which accompanies SO many MS Windows errors and was supposed to have dissapeared with WXP . . . JohnTee Quote Link to comment
+Siskiyou Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) I think chuy! Hit the nail on the head. After using Map Source on my laptop for two years it froze-up after updating with version 6.13.4 . I went back to an earlier version that I had store on my laptop and was able to use it without a problem. A few days ago I checked the updates and found version 6.13.5 and I decided to do a clean load. I unloaded Map Source, Waypoints & Trips, and nRoute. I then reloaded Map Source, Waypoints & Trips, and went to the Garmin support page to get the latest USB drivers. http://www8.garmin.com/support/agree.jsp?id=591 This update may not have an effect on your problem because you are not using a USB gps. In the process I also cleaned up some problems that were generated when I installed an adapter. The adapter I was using is a Cables Unlimited USB 2.0 to Serial Adapter. At the time of install of the adapter soft ware I start having problems. At first I thought the problem was generated by the third party software. But I just tried the serial adapter to the four pin External Power and Data Connector Port on my 76C. It worked great. I am currently able to transfer data to my 76 series gps units using a usb port or the serial adapter. Yesterday I loaded close to two 2GB of mapsets on to Micro SD cards for a 76CSx and had no issues. The clean install took care of a number of problems. Edited December 3, 2007 by Siskiyou Quote Link to comment
+GOT GPS? Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) My HP laptop (Pavilion dv6636nr) with 32-bit Vista, Mapsource ver 12.4, and a 60CSx works ok here, so I won't upgrade Mapsource for awhile. 1. Fixed an issue with displaying the product name of some map products. 2. Fixed an issue with receiving data from removable media on Windows Vista 64-bit. Seems like they made changes to work with 64-bit Win Vista, and I have 32-bit Windows Vista Home Premium on the Laptop. So if you have 32 bit windows, you can avoid the update and use an older mapsource. Edited December 3, 2007 by GOT GPS? Quote Link to comment
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