That's great Quickcure worked for you, saves a lot of work. Seeing you had to format, the device will be missing the basemap from .System folder as GarminExpress doesn't replace it. You can one get from here: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. There may also be other missing files, sometimes GE doesn't offer everything "up front" and you need to check for other stuff that's missing such as voice files. I have an NA nuvi 1690 so may be able to supply some files for you.

Can i now ask you a favour? Seeing that Garmin has removed the link for EU firmware, would you mind uploading a compressed copy (ZIP or RAR) of the gupdate.gcd which GE would have placed in your .System folder. Using the Editor in "Go Advanced", you can add a zip or rar of ~15MB. Look for "Add Attachments" button below Your Message and Post Icon panels. I'll see that the GCD is added into our firmware library for others to access. Sometime quickcure doesn't work depending on the 'bricking' cause so having the original fw maybe will save a member or two a lot of extra work or having to junk a device needlessly in future.