Malte
Maximum Pace
- Sep 26, 2011
- 496
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My Garmin died on Sunday during heavy rain. I am trying to get it back to life but been unsuccessful so far uch:.
It has been the worst rain I have been through and it lasted around 2h. The rain was so bad that on Ashigara toge the street turned literally into rivers. First I noticed that the VAM readings on the Garmin got bogus which might have been caused by water on the temperature/pressure sensor. Then the weather cleared up, I climbed through Kintoki Tunnel towards Hakone and on the last 20km before Odawara the Garmin suddenly went blank. That time I thought I have forgotten to load the battery properly.
Back home I connected the device to my PC and start charging. The display showed "charging" but the PC could not detect the USB Device, so no data access . When removing the USB cable the screen went blank and pushing the "power" button didn't work. I read that Travis had same problem on that day with his Edge800 and he gave it a special drying treadment. So I went to Akihbara to get the Mini Torx screwdrivers and opened my Garmin.
There was quite some water around the USB plug near the battery layer and there was some oxidation on the metallic PCB cover (maybe coming from the battery itself ??). I wiped that away and dried it out.
Now, when I plug in the USB cable the devices "boots up" and I can navigate through the menu (the battery status is shown as 255% ). I can see the ride data from Sunday there but as soon as I remove the USB plug the device goes blank again, also the PC still does not recognize it uch:.
I would like to give the PCB some cleaning treatment, I read that Isopropyl is good. Any experiences? Sourcing?
It has been the worst rain I have been through and it lasted around 2h. The rain was so bad that on Ashigara toge the street turned literally into rivers. First I noticed that the VAM readings on the Garmin got bogus which might have been caused by water on the temperature/pressure sensor. Then the weather cleared up, I climbed through Kintoki Tunnel towards Hakone and on the last 20km before Odawara the Garmin suddenly went blank. That time I thought I have forgotten to load the battery properly.
Back home I connected the device to my PC and start charging. The display showed "charging" but the PC could not detect the USB Device, so no data access . When removing the USB cable the screen went blank and pushing the "power" button didn't work. I read that Travis had same problem on that day with his Edge800 and he gave it a special drying treadment. So I went to Akihbara to get the Mini Torx screwdrivers and opened my Garmin.
There was quite some water around the USB plug near the battery layer and there was some oxidation on the metallic PCB cover (maybe coming from the battery itself ??). I wiped that away and dried it out.
Now, when I plug in the USB cable the devices "boots up" and I can navigate through the menu (the battery status is shown as 255% ). I can see the ride data from Sunday there but as soon as I remove the USB plug the device goes blank again, also the PC still does not recognize it uch:.
I would like to give the PCB some cleaning treatment, I read that Isopropyl is good. Any experiences? Sourcing?