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Forum: Navigation System 09-01-2009, 11:39 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,407
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Before opening it to look for water damage, just...

Before opening it to look for water damage, just look at the outside of the case (top and bottom). You may see calcium deposits where the water was sitting and dried up. To see the damage inside,...
Forum: Navigation System 08-16-2009, 05:20 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Do you have a cleaning agent recommendation? ...

Do you have a cleaning agent recommendation? Does electrical contact cleaner remove water corrosion (calcium?)?


Duh. I'm too old to be familiar with non-color-coded resistors. I guess 220 is...
Forum: Navigation System 08-16-2009, 03:01 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Bingo

Well with the benefit of some nice sunlight and a magnifying glass, it looks like the water came in through the top vent holes, not from the bottom. Picture shows thin black square around a single...
Forum: Navigation System 08-14-2009, 06:23 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
When you post your conclusions, would you post a...

When you post your conclusions, would you post a picture of the installation? I'm not familiar with the X5, especially with the angles that the water would have to take to get to the nav unit. ...
Forum: Navigation System 08-13-2009, 10:25 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Thanks. I'll wash the car this weekend and put...

Thanks. I'll wash the car this weekend and put enough paper towels in that area of the trunk to determine whether there is a leak now. If not, maybe the previous owner had an "accident" with the...
Forum: Navigation System 08-12-2009, 10:27 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Sorry about the picture - flash makes it...

Sorry about the picture - flash makes it difficult to take a direct picture. Maybe this one is better, but it's early and cloudy now and not real bright outside. (Dark areas are reflection of tree...
Forum: Navigation System 08-11-2009, 11:44 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Here are some pictures. Mounting location and...

Here are some pictures. Mounting location and beneath it look clean - no spots. PCB looks totally clean. The one strange thing is the oxidation or calcium build up, or something else on the...
Forum: Navigation System 08-11-2009, 04:26 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Thanks, I'll pull it out and remove the bottom...

Thanks, I'll pull it out and remove the bottom cover (I assume there are no tricks to getting that cover off?). Never thought of looking at that while it was out and I was swapping drives.

I...
Forum: Navigation System 08-04-2009, 03:59 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
No, it's dry as a bone back there, and this is...

No, it's dry as a bone back there, and this is summer in Socal (= no rain), and I never drive the car in the rain. Only water the car sees is when it's washed, and I didn't think there's any water...
Forum: Navigation System 07-30-2009, 04:41 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,562
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
In case anyone else wants the address.

In case anyone else wants the address.
Forum: Navigation System 07-30-2009, 04:35 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,562
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
What happens when you don't have any disk in the...

What happens when you don't have any disk in the drive - does the computer boot up and allow you to display the OBC? I had/have a weird problem (see recent thread), and before it solved itself...
Forum: Navigation System 07-30-2009, 12:01 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
WTF

Driving to work today, got the horizontal white flashes, but it popped into OBC display for long enough that I could program the date and time. Then blanked out again to the "trying to get it up"...
Forum: Navigation System 07-28-2009, 03:41 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
During the upgrade, it showed the status bar,...

During the upgrade, it showed the status bar, then said OK, then ejected the disk. I held the eject button the whole time. (Note that pressing the eject button when I first had the problem would...
Forum: Navigation System 07-28-2009, 01:07 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
This computer is acting strange. I took out the...

This computer is acting strange. I took out the brand new drive since it didn't help, put back in the old drive and here's some more symptoms:

There is no red power LED unless I hold down the...
Forum: Navigation System 07-18-2009, 07:17 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Ok, thanks very much for the offer. I'm still in...

Ok, thanks very much for the offer. I'm still in the exhaust process.
Forum: Navigation System 07-17-2009, 02:39 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Installed the new drive. Same symptoms. ...

Installed the new drive. Same symptoms. :bawling:
Forum: Navigation System 07-10-2009, 03:50 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
I don't think the power indicator was on. I had...

I don't think the power indicator was on. I had to hold down the eject button to even get the disc to move when I was parked. But when I went on a 10 minute drive with it in the stuck mode, the...
Forum: Navigation System 07-08-2009, 03:35 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
This is interesting - as you say it's not very...

This is interesting - as you say it's not very good if the boot flash can get corrupted in an auto application. Now for the naive question: Is this flash a plug in chip? i.e., to reflash it do you...
Forum: Navigation System 07-02-2009, 02:23 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Yes it is odd, at least compared to how the drive...

Yes it is odd, at least compared to how the drive acts when it's not reading the disk properly.

I disconnected the battery a couple of times, for several minutes, with the same results each...
Forum: Navigation System 07-02-2009, 01:19 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,820
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
Is whole MK IV fried or is it just a dead drive?

My nav quit working yesterday (coincidentally while car was on Deltran Battery Tender Jr.) and I got the typical black screen with occasional horizontal white flashes. Couldn't get the DVD out, and...
Forum: Navigation System 11-18-2008, 04:31 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,094
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
What exactly does it look like when a DVD-related...

What exactly does it look like when a DVD-related crash occurs? Does it affect the monitor or display if the monitor is in OBC mode (displaying OBC data)? I would have thought that when the display...
Forum: Navigation System 10-15-2008, 04:08 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,179
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
I get something similar on my Mk4. Usually...

I get something similar on my Mk4. Usually doesn't even get to the logo/splash screen. Happens first thing in the morning, but last time was 70deg F so it's not exactly cold. Happens once every...
Forum: Navigation System 09-03-2008, 01:21 AM
Replies: 700
Views: 598,534
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
This happened to me recently because I think my...

This happened to me recently because I think my nav doesn't like a Sony CD writer that I tried. It put up a message to the effect that the "Update failed". Then there was only a black screen. I...
Forum: Navigation System 08-23-2008, 11:24 PM
Replies: 700
Views: 598,534
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
I was referring to Mk4. V32 SIB says: ...

I was referring to Mk4.
V32 SIB says:
CORRECTION
Navigation system operating software should be updated under the following circumstances:

* There are no corrections or new data for the...
Forum: Navigation System 08-22-2008, 03:33 PM
Replies: 700
Views: 598,534
Posted By bmwnavnewbie
It's actually the reason you have to load at...

It's actually the reason you have to load at least V31.
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