does anyone have a mio p550 ??

creep411 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 7

I need help with my p550 i purchased it on ebay and its malfunctioning i have the program i need to run to fix it but i do not have the usb drivers so my comp cant communicate with it. I have active sync but since the p550 isnt working its unable to recognise it. does some one have the start up disk or can recommend a sight to downlaod it from. mio dosnt seem to want to help.

Border_Collie · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject:

There is no startup disk, everything is built in.

Try again what I said in your other post on the same subject.

Go to Start - Settings - System - SysInfo - Clean Boot - Start and using the pop-up keyboard enter 0 0 0 in the code - OK.

This will put device back to factory settings and should 'boot' as normal.

If that doesn't work then I guess when you were told by the seller it had only a battery problem, they were telling you 'porkies'.
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creep411 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 7

i dont have any start menu right now my screen is blue and it says Oscar250/260AB_UT_R13
0= image upgrade tools
1=uboot upgrade tool
2=GPS tools
3=BT tools
4= dump tools
5= merory test
6= low lev format

i have read some other posts and it tells me i need to install a firmware/rom file in the image upgrade tool option. the problem i am having is the p550 is malfunctioning so my computer cant recognise it. thats why i am looking for the driver install program. the two that i have downloaded dont and are just information and not the program.

Border_Collie · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:48 am Post subject:

Maybe the the person who sold it to you had problems and messed up trying to fix it. I found the following.

You may find the answer HERE
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creep411 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 7

its the same advice as the other sites have givin me no one seems to have the drivers i need for my comp to communicate with the p550 i even tried to update it by putting the file on the sd card it will say image success but then it fails. Guess im gonna have to try mio support again Sad

M8TJT · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject:

It seems that if you have flashed it with a new copy of the O/S which you seem to have done according to your last post, and it has not stuck, then my guess would be that it's pretty damn broke. My other guess would be along the lines of lost property's post above. Does Windows actually acknowledge that you have connected the Mio to the usb port?

creep411 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 7

windows only acknowledges that it connected to a malfunctioning usb device so i cant even flash it with a new copy of the o/s. I was thinking if one of the 2 disks the mio comes with would be able to let my comp know what the device is that maybe then i could flash it. The person who sold me the p550 did not have the disks im guessing he got the item the same way i did.

M8TJT · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:24 am Post subject:

The Mio 168 flashes the O/S from an SD card. I assume there is no option for this in the 'Image upgrade tools' menu on your Mio or you would have tried it. Can't understand why no one has the drivers though.
Apparently the driver is on the DVD in the folder “USB driver”. (For the benefit of other readers)

creep411 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 7

I finally got a chance to call mio i tried the email route first and it didnt help but talking to a live person i will be getting the disks in the mail!!! so i get to wait one to two weeks before i can mess with it agian. thanks to all who replied to my post. I will post my results after i get the disks just in case someone else is havin the same problems I am.

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