[OSM-talk] Problem with an Etrex 20

[Andrew Errington]

On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:04:22 Sébastien Pierrel wrote:
> Greetings from Burundi,
>
> we have an issue with one of the Etrex20 of the Eurosha Burundi team. It's
> not recognized by any computer.
> When connected to the USB port, the device is powered through USB but
> doesn't enter mass storage mode. In the system setup menu, I can change the
> USB mode between "Garmin" and "mass storage" but computers won't recognize
> it in either mode.
>
> I've tried on a Mac, Windows and linux. It doesn't show up in `lsusb`. The
> other etrex work just fine on these machines.
>
> I've just realised that one of the working etrex prompts a message "usb
> cable detected. do you want to switch to mass storage mode" when in Garmin
> mode. The faulty etrex doesn't prompt such a message.
>
> My diagnosis is that the USB controller is dead.
>
> Any hope to access the data on the internal storage?
>
> Help appreciated.
> Cheers,
> Seb.

The Internet says the Etrex 20 has a Micro SD card slot.  Would it be possible 
to put a card in and transfer your internal data to it, then read the card on 
a PC?

Best wishes,

Andrew