After some 4-5 years of good service, my nuvi 765t now "freezes up" or
crashes while it is routing me to a destination. Only way to get it to
work again is to remove it from the mounting bracket and let the battery
die. Then it will boot up fine and work for a little while before
crashing again. Any one else have this happen and what can be done to
fix it?

Pat

On 2011-07-17 21:23:21 -0400, Patrick Markovic said:

> After some 4-5 years of good service, my nuvi 765t now "freezes up" or
> crashes while it is routing me to a destination. Only way to get it to
> work again is to remove it from the mounting bracket and let the
> battery die. Then it will boot up fine and work for a little while
> before crashing again. Any one else have this happen and what can be
> done to fix it?
>
> Pat

Maybe you could try a hard reset of the 765T. Start it up while
pressing the lower right corner of the screen. Follow the instructions
to reset and erase the user data.

Hugh

"Patrick Markovic" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> After some 4-5 years of good service, my nuvi 765t now "freezes up" or
> crashes while it is routing me to a destination. Only way to get it to
> work again is to remove it from the mounting bracket and let the battery
> die. Then it will boot up fine and work for a little while before
> crashing again. Any one else have this happen and what can be done to fix
> it?
>
> Pat

You may very well have a battery that is finally giving out. Does this
happen on battery only or even when plugged into the car 12V? If only when
on the battery consider replacing it yourself. It's not that difficult. Go
to a place like "BatteryShip.com". They not only have batteries that are as
good or better than the OEM ones but also supply the small tools needed to
get the case open and screws removed for about $20. Garmin will charge $75
or so.
MLD

On 7/18/2011 9:49 AM, Hugh wrote:
> On 2011-07-17 21:23:21 -0400, Patrick Markovic said:
>
>> After some 4-5 years of good service, my nuvi 765t now "freezes up" or
>> crashes while it is routing me to a destination. Only way to get it to
>> work again is to remove it from the mounting bracket and let the
>> battery die. Then it will boot up fine and work for a little while
>> before crashing again. Any one else have this happen and what can be
>> done to fix it?
>>
>> Pat
>
> Maybe you could try a hard reset of the 765T. Start it up while pressing
> the lower right corner of the screen. Follow the instructions to reset
> and erase the user data.
>
> Hugh
>
Hugh -- Thanks for your suggestion, the hard reset seemed to fix the
problem. By the way, it froze while connected to the cars power outlet
so don't think it could be a battery problem.
Pat