+BradleyUffner Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 I dropped my CS while out looking for a cache, the bump caused it to power off. When I turned the unit back on it just beeps at me and says "Software Missing". The only way to power it back off is to pull a battery. I tried calling Garmin, but they don't answer the phones on weekends, and I can't find any information on thier site. I'm guessing that the firmware got it's self scrambled when it fell, does anyone know of a way to do a "factory reset", to restore the unit back to the way it was? I really would like a way to fix this without having to send it all the way back to Garmin. Quote Link to comment
+BradleyUffner Posted March 27, 2004 Author Share Posted March 27, 2004 (edited) WOOHOO! I just noticed that there is new firmware for the 60CS on garmin's site. In an act of desperation I tried doing the firmware update even though it didn't look like the GPS was working at all. It worked like a charm, although it seems that all my map and waypoint data was lost. At least I don't have a $400 paperweight anymore. Edited March 27, 2004 by BradleyUffner Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 You're lucky. Glad it worked out for you!! Quote Link to comment
capt caper Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 (edited) I dropped my CS while out looking for a cache, the bump caused it to power off. When I turned the unit back on it just beeps at me and says "Software Missing". The only way to power it back off is to pull a battery. I tried calling Garmin, but they don't answer the phones on weekends, and I can't find any information on thier site. I'm guessing that the firmware got it's self scrambled when it fell, does anyone know of a way to do a "factory reset", to restore the unit back to the way it was? I really would like a way to fix this without having to send it all the way back to Garmin. I'd send it in anyway at sometime during warrenty. But wait a while so they will work out the bugs on them. i.e. battery springs,etc. . Something must be wrong. You might have cracked a circuit board or something. Edited March 28, 2004 by capt caper Quote Link to comment
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