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RKP5637

(67,112 posts) Tue Sep 22, 2015, 09:59 PM Sep 2015

Has anyone gotten Oracle vbox and Win 10 to update a Garmin via Garmin Express.

Everything goes well and then Win 10 crashes as soon as Garmin Express tries to copy the Maps Update into the Garmin. Phew, I've about given up. I used to do this all the time, no problem, until Garmin Communicator was replaced by Garmin Express.

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Has anyone gotten Oracle vbox and Win 10 to update a Garmin via Garmin Express. (Original Post) RKP5637 Sep 2015 OP

I just updated a Garmin Nac Mac Feegle Oct 2015 #1

To me, how Garmin does their updates with Garmin Express is cumbersome and overly RKP5637 Oct 2015 #2

did you make a USB filter based on its vendor and product ID? Baobab Feb 2016 #3

Yes, it was all setup correctly. I've been using VB practically since day one and Garmin Express RKP5637 Feb 2016 #4

Nac Mac Feegle

(979 posts)

1. I just updated a Garmin

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 10:13 PM

Oct 2015

in Win 8, but first I had to download and install an update to Garmin Express ( it was done automatically by Express ) It took quite a while to do the update, just under 4 hours

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

2. To me, how Garmin does their updates with Garmin Express is cumbersome and overly

Reply to Nac Mac Feegle (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 08:12 AM

Oct 2015

complicated. It is just a file to be removed and replaced in the Garmin. ... and sometimes a firmware update. With Windows 10 and Oracle vbox I get a kernel panic whenever Garmin Express tries to write to my Garmin. I can read/write to my Garmin myself with no difficulties. I can read/write to a SD microchip OK, but if Garmin Express does a write Windows 10 does a kernel panic running under Oracle vbox. I don't get it, it's the only time this happens in my system.

Thanks for your reply!

Baobab

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3. did you make a USB filter based on its vendor and product ID?

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 27, 2016, 12:42 AM

Feb 2016

Not a windows user but - I often have had USB problems with VB.

RKP5637

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4. Yes, it was all setup correctly. I've been using VB practically since day one and Garmin Express

Reply to Baobab (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 27, 2016, 07:31 AM

Feb 2016

when released became a headache with VB. There is a quirk with the VB conduit or Windows implementation of USB. I read once in an obscure post that there have been problems with USB implementation in WIndows. I've used Linux and Solaris for years and used to be able to configure Linux to update my Garmin, but when Garmin Express came about that ended. I've found I have very little use for WIndows anymore so have not bothered since my recent Linux upgrade, so I just picked up the latest maps chip and installed it in my Garmin. Thanks for your reply!

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