Garmin 800 Malfunction

defride
defride Posts: 277
edited February 2014 in Road general
Just back from a ride hooked up the near new 800 and am greated with a windows box saying a connected usb device has malfuctioned and is not recognized.

Anyone had this?

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  • RDW
    RDW Posts: 1,900
    Have you tried turning it off and on again?
  • defride
    defride Posts: 277
    RDW wrote:
    Have you tried turning it off and on again?

    Yep, going to try a different micro usb cable when I can find one.
  • andrewjoseph
    andrewjoseph Posts: 2,165
    was the usb port still wet when plugged in?
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  • defride
    defride Posts: 277
    andrewjoseph wrote:
    was the usb port still wet when plugged in?

    No, suns out here and the ride was dry. The unit itself, bone dry.
  • edten
    edten Posts: 228
    Look inside the port. Is there any corrosion? I had and edge 500 corroding and I had it replaced. It was actually out of warranty but they replaced free of charge.
  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 1,001
    This is why saving your ride data to the SD card is a good idea as then if the unit decides to have issues you just pop the card in your card reader.
  • defride
    defride Posts: 277
    wongataa wrote:
    This is why saving your ride data to the SD card is a good idea as then if the unit decides to have issues you just pop the card in your card reader.

    Thats a good point, thanks.

    There was no sign of dampness, no corrosion I could see and otherwise it was working fine. Having had it off for a couple of hours I opened the ports blew into it in case some dust or the like had gotten in and when I plugged in again it recognized the unit.

    Fingers crossed it was just some small bug and won't happen again.

    Thanks for all the advice.
  • tubbs_214
    tubbs_214 Posts: 185
    i sometimes have trouble with mine using cheaper usb cables doesnt like them for some reason but works fine with the garmin one it came with

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