Have I fried my 60CSx

[gasport]

I was downloading my tracks and waypoints to Basecamp on a Mac running OS X 10..6. The GPS was recognized and I initiated the transfer from the unit. I did get a message that the transfer was complete but nothing actually came over as best I could determine. I tried again and had no luck. I went to eject the GPS 60CSx and I noticed a humming noise coming from the unit. I tried to shut it off but could not. I removed the battery and it stopped humming. I installed the battery and started the unit up and it came to the satellite page and starts to acquire the satellites. It basically freezes and I cannot go to another page nor can I shut it down by the usual method. Removing the battery is the only way to shut down.

 

I fear that I have damaged the unit and do not know if there is anything I can do, other than getting it repaired or recycling it.

 

I did run the Garmin Web Updater and it recognized the unit and I reinstalled the latest software but that did not help.

 

Any suggestions before I do either of these options?

Edited July 22, 2010 by gasport

[+Chrysalides]

Try a master reset. It will wipe out all information on it.

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=4393389

 

Hope that works.

[gasport]

Try a master reset. It will wipe out all information on it.

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=4393389

 

Hope that works.

 

Thanks,

 

But no luck. Just boots to the satellite page and freezes there. Tried several times....

 

Then I just started it again and it worked. All pages available. Shut it down and started again and NOTHING. Tried the master reset again and nothing.

Edited July 22, 2010 by gasport

[+Chrysalides]

Bummer... hope someone has a suggestion that works. It'd be a great reason to get the 62s, but a shame to have such a fine unit die a premature death.

[+IBcrashen]

have a SD card in it? try pulling it, maybe it went bad. Worth a try.

Edited July 22, 2010 by IBcrashen

[gasport]

have a SD card in it? try pulling it, maybe it went bad. Worth a try.

 

Bingo! Seems to have worked. Will leave it off for the night and see if it continues to work tomorrow.

 

As my old buddy used to say to me...."Saved your bacon again!"

 

Thanks and hopefully this will be the answer.

 

I will post again tomorrow.

 

7/22/10

 

So far so good. Started up again this AM and cycled through all pages. Will take on a bike ride to see it is still tracking correctly.

Edited July 22, 2010 by gasport

[gps_dr]

have a SD card in it? try pulling it, maybe it went bad. Worth a try.

 

Bingo! Seems to have worked. Will leave it off for the night and see if it continues to work tomorrow.

 

As my old buddy used to say to me...."Saved your bacon again!"

 

Thanks and hopefully this will be the answer.

 

I will post again tomorrow.

 

7/22/10

 

So far so good. Started up again this AM and cycled through all pages. Will take on a bike ride to see it is still tracking correctly.

One of the Garmin newsgroups reported that Mac OS leaves "invisible" files on the memory card that are causing the problem. A resolution was given in the link., pasted below

This last weekend my 60CSx died in the middle of a 12-mile hike.

Probably the batteries. If it did give me a beep warning, I must have

missed it. I was already familiar with the trail, and was just RE-

recording my hiking track for the fun of it. I decided to just leave

it be and not replace the batteries in the field. When I got home, I

popped in a new set of batteries only to discover that my MAPS on the

SD card weren't being recognized. The card was seated correctly, and I

had been using that map set for over a year without changing it. So,

what the h*ll?? I popped the card into a card reader and found

the .img file was there like it was supposed to be. So after playing

around a bit and doing some experiments, I eventually re-wrote

the .img file back to the card. Popped it in, turned it on, and it

seemed to be working. But then I tried turning the handheld off and I

got the dreaded "beeeeeeeeeep" that wouldn't go away. Dang. Removed

the batteries and tried again. Same thing. Popped in ANOTHER card with

a different mapset on it that had been working before, and everything

seemed okay. Turned off the unit and again, "beeeeeeeeeep"!! Removed

the batteries again. Shoot. Was it the cards? The handheld itself? I

dunno.

 

Was it time to call Garmin -- again!! -- for some repair work?

 

I DID remember that writing an SD card using MapInstall on the Mac

would leave extraneous INVISIBLE flies on the card that could cause

the incessant long beep and failure to power off. So I researched that

again and found a free application called "CleanEject" that erases all

of those invisible files on a USB volume and immediately ejects the

volume so the Mac Finder can't write anything to the card. I tried

CleanEject and it worked flawlessly. BOTH SD cards are working again,

the 60CSx turns off as expected with no long beep that won't stop, and

I'm back where I was before this weekend. What caused the foul-up on

my SD card though? Maybe during writing the track to the card on the

weekend? A glitch in a memory location on the card? Guess I'll find

out if it happens again anytime soon.

[gasport]

This sounds exactly like what is happening. I do recall that OS X does write extra files to the SD card. I believe there was a recent offering of an app on either MacZot or MacUpdates that supposedly removed those files. Never thought I would need it. Thanks for the link and I will try this the next time I connect my Garmin 60 CSx to the MAC.