START 25 - Sudden Death?

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Hahahahahahaha!

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Thanks jpgblue. But the damned thing would not power on no matter what I try - hence not detected by the MDC or even the computer. :-(

happened Reviewed by happened on 3rd December 2019. START 25 - Sudden Death? Hey everyone, More drama with my START 25. I plugged it in today to update to the 1040 maps via MDC - this device has 'lifetime' updates. Sure enough, once connected - it showed three updates, the NZ map, the AU map and I think the quick GPS. Now before I could select and start the update, the update automatically started, then failed midway (starting the device had disconnected) and the START 25 went blank. That's it. It has been blank since. No matter how long I hold the power Rating: 5

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Well, that is a shame. I have emailed support now. Not expecting much out of it, though :-/

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Thanks, Simba. I will try that as well. Are we checking if the eMMC is fried? What if it is? My soldering skills are nothing to write home about, truthfully!

if after doing what @jpgblue indicates it doesn't work,
check volts of the photo, with battery tester disconnected and the charger connected, the value indicated + 3.20 v must be 0
press the power button and at that point the value must be equal to or approximately 3.20 v
If your eMMC is 4GB it will be a little bigger than the photo.



regards

What a shame that even their own forum says "there is not much we can recommend. Suggest you contact customer service"!

At least J-J has given you the contact details.

As others have suggested, it just has to be a blown component. On our older devices (and most probably yours too), there's a small power ic which acts as a surge protector and has regularly been know to blow if the device sees 12v by mistake, faulty cable etc

I seem to remember Nick (the Maverick) having some details/pics etc of these (although I can't find anything around here) so maybe worth pm'ing him?