Re: Garmin 2620 Map Loading Error


"Z Man" <z1z@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: "SamSez" <samtheman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: > "Z Man" <z1z@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: >> I usually buy the current version of hardware and/or software. As
: >> developers
: >> update their products, they generally apply incremental improvements
that
: >> enhance functionality and reliability. Some of these improvements are
: >> subtle
: >> rather than obvious. You feel that solid state memory is more reliable
: >> than
: >> a hard drive? Millions of notebook computer users and Ipod devotees
might
: >> tend to disagree. And, I would not minimize the advantages of buying
: >> something that is ready to operate, rather than ready to fiddle with
and
: >> upgrade before use. I have been building computers from scratch for
: >> years,
: >> and have no aversion to 'working under the hood', but I nonetheless
: >> appreciated the fact that the space of time between opening up my 2620
: >> package and finding my destination without getting lost was
approximately
: >> two minutes. I did not need to do ANYTHING to the unit to get it to
work.
: >> That may not mean much to some folks, but I found it to be kind of cool
: >> :)
: >>
: >>
: >
: > Of course solid state is more reliable. You think any manufacturer
would
: > choose
: > to use higher power devices with sensitive moving parts if there was
price
: > parity per byte between disk and flash?
:
: Sure, it is more reliable, but is it a meaningful difference? Let's say
that
: the failure rate for CF cards is 0.1%, and for hard drives is 0.3 percent.
: Some folks might say the failure rate for hard drives is three times as
high
: as for CF cards, and of course, they would be correct, but would it
matter?
: We each have our own tolerances, but for me, hard drive reliability is
more
: than sufficient. Otherwise, I would NOT have purchased an Ipod. Am I
clear?
:
:
I have had my 2610 for just over a year now. I use a SanDisk 2Gig CF card
with all of the US on it. I have noticed here lately that it comes on and
does what this post started with a no maps found warning. I can turn the
unit off and on a couple of times and then it will work fine.
If I but the CF card in a card reader everything is there. I have even tried
a new card with the same effect. I loaded the card that was sent with the
unit same thing. I'm beginning to think it is firmware not the card. That
would be about right now that the warranty has run out but then again this
unit didn't work straight out of the box. I had to send it back for repair
because the dealer I bought it from wouldn't take it back. He said I had to
return it for repair.
You all know him he posts on here all the time.


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