Thread: Problem Updating DriveSmart50 using GarminExpress

@Butters,

Been watching all the help you have been giving.
What I find strange is how is replacing bmap V5 with bmap V6 and then it removes bmap V6 and puts back bmap V5.
Even if the physical flash damage it still does not explain this strange thing that happens.
It seems no mater what is put on the SmartDrive 50 it removes it and puts back the old info.

I have never seen anything like that before.
It sounds like some automatic restore is going on or there is one big virus on his PC.

Things like this should not happen.........

As for the gmapprom.img file there is not unlock file to let the map be read by the SmartDrive 50 if it is going to keep replacing the new gmapprom.img with old info over and over again.

To replace a 4GB file on any Garmin it takes a little bit of time but this seems to do it very fast.
I would remove the gmapprom.img all together and then do a map update with no maps on the Garmin except for the bmap V6 file and see what happens.
IF the old gmapprom.img show up again then there is something going on with his PC.


Plus if you tell Garmin Express to also install to the PC you will get the unlock file too.
You can test with MapSource to see if the maps are unloacked.

Then those files can be copied over manually to the SmartDrive 50.

Along with the:
ASR files
SRX files
sid files
db files
to the correct folders.