+robuck Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I have a Garmin Oregon 450 running the latest stable (not beta) software and it works great, except that it crashes for no apparent reason. Most times it crashes when I push a button (no specific button) but today it shut down twice once without pushing a button. If there is a pattern, I don't know what it is other than removing it from the case. As I've been experiencing at least half a dozen shutdowns in the last month, I'm getting concerned. Has anyone else had these problems? I have a small Topo Canada map loaded along with City Nav on an SD Card and a custom map with about 77 tiles. Quote Link to comment
NordicMan Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I just bought a 450 2 weeks ago & it's been working great so far, with the latest firmware. Most common problem for glitchy behavior is a defect in the microSD chip. Try ejecting the chip & leave it out for a while. Does it work better then? Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Can't say I've had those problems. Quote Link to comment
+robuck Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Can't say I've had those problems. I will try removing the SD Card, but I think it crashed a few times before I put an SD Card in it. Thanks for the replies. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 I've been experiencing at least half a dozen shutdowns in the last month, I'm getting concerned. Has anyone else had these problems? There's a particular Geocache page which will crash the Oregon. It's due to some extra symbols left over from a Geocaching.com site update a while back. So you can't rule out some wierd glitch in one of your maps. But the most common way my Oregon shuts down is from low batteries, which automagically have gotten rotten already. I try a new set of batteries, and viola. Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 I've been experiencing at least half a dozen shutdowns in the last month, I'm getting concerned. Has anyone else had these problems? There's a particular Geocache page which will crash the Oregon. It's due to some extra symbols left over from a Geocaching.com site update a while back. So you can't rule out some wierd glitch in one of your maps. But the most common way my Oregon shuts down is from low batteries, which automagically have gotten rotten already. I try a new set of batteries, and viola. This is true on both accounts. Didn't think of those pages until mentioned here. Were a pretty big problem a while back. Quote Link to comment
+rovers3 Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 It had happened to me sporadically before but Saturday was something else Here's my post from the 4.45 Beta thread. "Wow! What a day using my Oregon 450 with this software. Found 16 caches. Unit froze at least 8 times and had to pull the batteries once to restart it. The other times I just shut it off and re started it. Lost satellite 5-6 times on top of the freezing, on a clear cool day with blue sky and hardly any to no tree cover in most instances. I hope they fix the situation before I go out again or I will need to regress to a previous version. " Quote Link to comment
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