+go-purdue Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Anyone have this problem? I do! Quote Link to comment
+storm180 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Pull your SD card and then try to start up the colorado. If it boots then your card is corrupted. Quote Link to comment
+go-purdue Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Thanks for the reply. I am currently not using a SD card. I have been trying to fix this for a while, and have stumbled across a solution. I'm not sure what worked, since I tried it all. I am hoping this doesn't happen again. I was worried since I wasn't using an SD card, that the entire unit was corrupted. This happened after I tried to send a couple of new caches to the unit. I am concerned that perhaps a glitched happened along the way between the new geocaching pages and the colorado. Jennifer ps: before today, I have had a few times where this happened. When I turned the power on, the gps would get stuck before it was entirely loaded. I would wait, and nothing would happened. Just the "Garmin" on the screen and "Loading Maps". It wouldn't advance, AND, I couldn't turn the unit off. I would remove the batteries (which is a fun process to do when driving) and that would fix the problem. This happened about 4 times before today. I have had the unit for about a month. No amount of removing the batteries today fixed the problem. So, do you think there's some sort of corruption? (remember, I'm not using an SD card) Pull your SD card and then try to start up the colorado. If it boots then your card is corrupted. Quote Link to comment
+storm180 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 If it happens again I would call garmin and have them replace the unit. Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Give it a master reset. Hold both soft buttons while powering up. Please pull over and stop when removing the batteries or using the unit in general for that matter.... A GPS is not worth your life nor your fellow drivers. Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 When I have seen this it is because of a corrupted gpx or img file. If you've just recently downloaded new files (either gpx or img) and this happens the easiest way to fix it is go through the recovery procedure here: http://garmincolorado.wikispaces.com/Miscellaneous#toc12 This forces the CO to boot into mass storage mode where you can delete the offending file(s) and then reboot normally. No need to master reset, no settings or data lost. GO$Rs Quote Link to comment
+SeekerOfTheWay Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Trying this now. My software version is 3.40 and GPS versiom 290. Is that old? Quote Link to comment
+Atlas Cached Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Trying this now. My software version is 3.40 and GPS versiom 290. Is that old? Although firmware 3.40 is not listed here, I do believe that was the last version Garmin released for those units. EDIT: The Garmin beta page shows a beta firmware 3.52, so I suspect you may need to connect your Colorado and run WebUpdater to get a newer version firmware! Edited August 21, 2012 by Atlas Cached Quote Link to comment
+SeekerOfTheWay Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Thanks. Will try that. I never updated the firmware on this thing. Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Moderator Note Please refer discussion of Seeker's problem to http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=300528. Having multiple threads trying to diagnose the same problem results in confusion for everyone. Quote Link to comment
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