Thread: IMPORTANT! If you want HELP in case of a bricked Garmin device, please follow this

@nickus
Welcome to GPS Power.

This should be an easy fix, it's just a matter of getting the device to be recognized by a PC so that you can re-format it correctly. You may have formatted it in NTFS or in a form of FAT32 that Garmin operating system doesn't like. First step is to load cure firmware to it so that it can again have Mass Storage Mode (MSM) available. It's not suitably visible in it's current condition, i.e. when you hold the screen in the upper left corner and power it on it starts up in preboot mode (Garmin mode) not in MSM so although it's being recognized by the PC it's not seen by Windows Explorer, only seen and recognized in Device Manager. There's very little you can do with it in that mode which is why we need MSM to deal with this. Your next moves:

• Go back to the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and follow kunix's directions to make the specific cure firmware for it or preferably just use his universal "QuickCure" which should work for you (see base of his initial post).
• Once you have MSM again then use RMPrepUSB with the recommended settings to properly format it.
• Reload latest original firmware, device should now boot.
• Connect it to GarminExpress (GE) so you can load most missing files and detail map entitlement.
• GE won't give you a basemap so get V5.01 from [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and load it into the device's hidden .System folder named only as gmapbmap.img. Read [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] how to make .System visible.

If unsure of anything post again for clarification.