[OSM-talk] my etrex died?

[Jukka Rahkonen]

D Tucny <d <at> tucny.com> writes:

> Call me crazy, but, without batteries or USB, I think it's safe to assume that
trying to turn it on isn't going to power it up ;)d 
> 

I don't know about etrex, but it wouldn't really be the first time when this
trick helps with electronics.  They have often some reserve power for keeping
settings in memory during battery change. Turning it on would not power up the
unit, but it can reset the faulty settings to factory defaults.