[time-nuts] Bricked Garmin GPS 18x LVC

[William H. Fite]

That worked for mine a while back. I bricked it and my attempts at
resuscitation failed. I put it in my "probably junk" container. Shortly
after that, I moved. With the hassle of packing, moving, unpacking, I
forgot it completely. Weeks later, I came across it, applied power, and it
sprang to life anew.

So don't give up.



On Saturday, February 23, 2019, Jason Rabel via time-nuts <
time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:

> That page you linked to says:
>
> "I am reminded by Dave Hart that it was due to a firmware bug that bricks
> the unit until it's left off power long enough to drain the capacitor that
> retains its settings, sort of a poor-man's NVRAM.  This can take some
> weeks."
>
> Or I suppose if you are impatient you could open it up and de-solder the
> super-cap if you don't want to wait weeks for it to drain on its own.
> *Maybe* you will get lucky and that's all it will take?
>
>
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