256 SD card Problem,

Stormin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 29

Surfed internet, bought myself a 256mb card off off e-bay. Loaded GB map etc, downloaded verson 5 and latest camera's, worked brill.

Bored one sunday when it was raining so couldn't wash the car, thought i'll be clever load major roads of europe in anticipation of forth coming hol.
Der having loaded all above when switching go back on all i get is a symble of card coming out and a big red cross being drawn across it.

so went back connected etc went to my comp, removeable drive etc check that i'd loaded every thing. YES. Unloaded and reloaded and still getting the card coming aout and red cross on display.

Any idea's or is the moral of this story dont by SD cards off e-bay espically if there getting dispatched from Hong kong:(

MikeB · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:22 am Post subject:

Often if you remove the card or device from the computer before any write behind cache information has been written the card can be corrupt.

Did you try re-formatting and loading from scratch?
_________________
Mike Barrett

Stormin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 29

Thanks. tried reloading, even did it one step at a time so i would know where i had gone wrong. Firstly on clean card downloaded version 5, then UK maps. Checked working fine. Then downloaded camera's etc. still working fine. Getting cocky by this time downloaded major roads of europe, still working but has resorted to version 4.40. re downloaded version 5 and im back to the symbol where the card is shown coming from the TT G and a big red cross over it. tried to clean card but this time i was unable to remove a file called itn. again all worked ok till loaded maps of roads of europe, back to version 4.40 any idea's Confused

mike007 · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 13, 2004 Posts: 70

i had the same error on my tom tom go.insert the card into your go and connect up to pc.......then go into my computer and right click on removable drive.then choose FORMAT :D it will wipe the card .then you need your cd rom to install the application again.then run the upgrade 500 file over it. 8)
dont hink u can back up any of your favorites first cause your tom tom may have crashed Sad

Stormin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 29

Well ive done it again, removed every thing from the card, reloaded version 5, maps of Uk, speed camera's, major route's of europe bu when i do this it resorts to version 4.40 then when try to reload, version 5. It packs up again with the the card removed symbol and the red cross. Any idea's please.

Can i just load version 5 and the major routes of europe on my old 128mb card or do i need uk maps as well.

At least its stopped raining now Confused

Oldboy · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject:

When you reloaded V5 the second time, did you leave the TTG connected to the PC for about 30 secs after the Blue SD icon had finished flashing. Sometimes it is best to switch TTG off before you unplug USB lead, but wait for at least 30 secs.

The only reason I can think why 4.40 reloaded over 5.00 was that with the CD in, it re-installed 4.40 from the CD.

If you can copy a working 4.40 SD card to your PC, you could try installing the V5 only, to the SD card. Then copy everything EXCEPT the files in the root folder back to the SD card. That is, the GB.Map and/or MRE.map

You can load the MRE map on it's own.
_________________
Richard

TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120

Bluenose666 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 8

I'm getting the same problem, a big red X with a line through it, tried the above, no luck yet, I have tried it a 2 different cards!

Help!

andyfras · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 21, 2005 Posts: 3

I got around this by doing a hard reset with the tiny hole at the bottom of the TTG - it does reset the clock though!

rayflan · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 06, 2005 Posts: 277

Trie.....load v4.4 and GB maps then major roads of Europe.If all works then upgrade to v5.

	PocketGPS
	Web