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Old 08-03-2019, 01:01 AM
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Have I bricked my MK3 nav?

After relocating to Australia, I recently bought a super cheap E53 to get around in for a year or so. I had one of these years ago, and was always fond of it.

I had the Mk3 nav, but no disc. For a laugh, I downloaded the software update disc as it was still on the original 2002 software. The only computer I have access to that still has an optical drive is my MacBook, and it will only burn .iso - apparently there are no further updates from V25 for the MK3, but I could only find a V32 disc so went with that. Also downloaded the latest (2012) map.

I followed the procedure with drivers door open, key in 1st position etc. After putting the disc in the loading software message came up... Then it went blank. I gave it 15 minutes in case something was happening... The nav drive was making a disc reading noise every 30 secs or so, but the power light was off. Ejected the disc, and turned key off then on - now the screen has reverted to the blue/gray non-nav version.

Can I recover from here, or am I off to the wreckers to find a MK4?
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