Bricked Garmin Nuvi 310

[sand_man]

Well not quite bricked but pretty damn close.

I use my Nuvi in the same place most people do, in the car attached to a charger that connects to the cigarette lighter socket.

Lately the charger hasn't seemed to be making good contact and I battle to get the red light lit to indicate the Garmin is connected to power.

In any event today the red light went on and off flashing between red and green and generally upsetting the Garmin confusing it between its own battery power and vehicle power.

The net result is the Garmin shut off completely.

I got it home and connected it to the pc to try revive it but to no avail, until I connected it to my pc via the 2nd usb port at the back of the unit. The Garmin switched on and operated as usual. I even updated the software on the unit.

I took it back to my vehicle and connected it successfully to my car charger via this 2nd usb port only for it to die a couple of hours later as the charger started its tricks once again.

So now the Garmin is dead again but all attempts including resetting have failed to revive her.

Any advise??!!

 

[FrancTheTank]

Get a new car joke

 

[furnic]

Well not quite bricked but pretty damn close.

I use my Nuvi in the same place most people do, in the car attached to a charger that connects to the cigarette lighter socket.

Lately the charger hasn't seemed to be making good contact and I battle to get the red light lit to indicate the Garmin is connected to power.

In any event today the red light went on and off flashing between red and green and generally upsetting the Garmin confusing it between its own battery power and vehicle power.

The net result is the Garmin shut off completely.

I got it home and connected it to the pc to try revive it but to no avail, until I connected it to my pc via the 2nd usb port at the back of the unit. The Garmin switched on and operated as usual. I even updated the software on the unit.

I took it back to my vehicle and connected it successfully to my car charger via this 2nd usb port only for it to die a couple of hours later as the charger started its tricks once again.

So now the Garmin is dead again but all attempts including resetting have failed to revive her.

Any advise??!!

Take it to avnic, the agents, in Randburg to test for you.
www.avnic.co.za
They are a decent bunch and should be able to help - you probably need a new car charger and they will probably be able to reset and wake up your unit.

 

[sand_man]

Take it to avnic, the agents, in Randburg to test for you.
www.avnic.co.za
They are a decent bunch and should be able to help - you probably need a new car charger and they will probably be able to reset and wake up your unit.

Yeah gave them a call this morning, they confident they'll either fix or replace despite the unit being out of warranty!!!! THANKS!!!

 

[sand_man]

Take it to avnic, the agents, in Randburg to test for you.
www.avnic.co.za
They are a decent bunch and should be able to help - you probably need a new car charger and they will probably be able to reset and wake up your unit.

The bad news is the unit is dead... The good news they delivering me a new one and that despite the unit being a August 2006 model. They say based on the condition of the faulty unit they able to extend the warranty to 2 years... Once again thanks for the advice..