How to take a Garmin nuvi apart

SOURCE: Battery replace

Flip the unit over so it is resting on th screen with the on switch at the top you will see the reset and S/N tag. Pull this plastic tag off with twezzers or a knife. This will expose 2 torx screws size T-5. After removing the torx screws, right under the S/N plate sticker is a mount hole, locate this then pry apart with screw driver, be careful prying apart as there is a flex cable taped down to your pcb board. Remove the flex cable by opening the latch for it, there are 2 latches one small and one large and the cables are taped to the pcb board. Remove the speaker jack wire with tweezers.Next with a small jewlers screwdriver remove 3 phillips screws size ph00 from pcb board. Lift the pcb board out and disconnect the battery wire underneath. Next remove battery, it is stuck down with double sided tape and takes quite a bit of force to remove. It is a Garmin LI-ion 3.7v, 1.25 AH battery.

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• Posted on Jul 21, 2008

SOURCE: Garmin NUVI 200W USB Port port pulled loose

The problem with repairing it yourself is that this is a surface mount connector. The solder pads are so small, it would be very difficult to solder with a standard soldering iron. Most likely you would apply too much solder and short out the connector. You really need to use a surface mount soldering/desoldering device and that can be fairly expensive. I have done this before but I have access to the right equipment.

Also, there is a possiblility that the printed circuit board tracks have been pulled up off the main board. If that has happened, there's a lot more work involved in fixing that. You might have to put in a different type of power jack and run wires from it to the main board.

If you're going to try to salvage the USB connector, I would remove it completely and install a new one. Over time, these connectors wear out, so you're better off removing the old one and putting a new one in. Again, this all depends upon whether the tracks on the board have been damaged or not.

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance to you.

Good Luck,
- Jim
You also have to know how to take apart the Nuvi.

SOURCE: Garmin Nuvi 200W

Hi!

This link will let you download ALL the manuals for this Garmin unit, not just the quick start:

http://www8.garmin.com/support/userManual.jsp?market=4&subcategory=41&product=010-00656-10

I didn't convert it to a Tiny URL, so make sure the whole link shows in your browser.

I would certainly appreciate a FixYa rating from those of you looking for the library, should you deem it appropriate. Thanks!

Bob

SOURCE: No Maps on My GARMIN nuvi 200W

I bought the nuvi 200w and when I registered the unit it said that there was an updated map available so I down loaded and installed it. When I turned the unit on, it said no detailed maps available and would not work. I called garmin and they said that to fix it I had to hook the nuvi up to my computer and start>my computer>nuvi>garmin there is a file called gmapprom.img (shows over 1,000,000 mb) delete this file. Open all programs>garmin>mapsource highlight the areas on the map that you want and click on the add to device icon. After doing this, my nuvi is working fine. The explanation was that the original file had files for Canada that were not unlocked. Try this and good luck!

SOURCE: garmin nuvi 200w map update

Delete all the vehicles and voices that you don't use as well.

Btw, beware that the "City Navigator Lower 49 States+PR NT 2010.10, Deluxe, Apr 09" for nuvi 200/205 is BUSTED, it probably will not work (I just spent 2+hrs on the phone with garmin tech support to fix it.) Search these forums for "nuvi 205 no detailed maps" for more details.