insert the battery, if unit comes on POWER OFF unit with power button.plug in the USB cord, then power off the unit.tape a magnet in place to trick the Zumo into thinking the door is on.Install the USB drivers mention in the post.I figured they are pretty close so I started trying to figure out how to get my unit into this “pre-boot” stage so the “updater.exe” program could do it’s thing. So I dug into my favorite site for hacking the zumo, I found a forum post that described a very similar problem a user had with a Zumo 660. When Sunday evening rolled around I didn’t much cherish the thought of calling Garmin in the morning and waiting on hold for at least 30 minutes to talk to a customer service rep who may or may not really care about my problem and would end up sending me a refurbished unit which could have it’s on set of outstanding problems in a few months. The rest of the trip was great and I enjoyed my music via my phone instead of the XM and Zumo 665. Since I had to get to my meeting I loaded waypoint into the Zumo 550 and took off. It would then boot up and get to the screen where I could chose the country location before shutting down. I did a hard reset by pressing the right bottom corner while holding down the power. The Zumo 665 would start up with the splash screen and then shut off. I powered off the GPS and took it to the bike to see if things would be OK. Well the program started loading the book onto my Zumo’s main drive (because it wouldn’t see the SD card I had installed) and when I came back 15 minutes later the Zumo was in a constant reboot loop. So I signed up for a free trial account, picked out a book and followed the instructions to load it which involved using a special loader program.
I figured this would be the perfect time to try out one of those audio books.
Since I’d be “in the area” I thought I might ride over to the Texas Hill Country to get some pie. I was supposed to attend a short mini-conference and the rest of the day was mine. Last Saturday morning I was getting ready to go for a day ride. Calling Garmin and waiting on hold for 30 minutes to talk to someone and then getting them to send you a replacement unit if your device is still under warranty may be the less stressful way to go *** I’m merely sharing what I experience and what I found from my searches on the web.
*** Normal disclaimer, if you try the information found in this post and it blows up your GPS or something negative happens please don’t blame me or try to beat me up the next time you find me somewhere. Sometimes you just have to start from scratch…
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