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Made sure the thing was charged up last night before bed. Then this morning at the start tried to turn the thing on and nothing! Years ago I remember doing a "reset" by pusing a certain sequence of buttons so are there any tricks or is it it done?
Try mode and reset buttons at the same time.
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That was how mine started its decline. I had to reset before runs. Then it started not holding a charge; a Garmin that won't hold a charge longer than 20 minutes is not useful. (I replaced mine with the Forerunner 10.)
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This just happened to me too. Here is the answer from Garmin
https://support.garmin.com/support/searchSupport/case.faces?caseId={1c961560-03c9-11dc-786a-000000000000}
"Shut up Legs!" Jens Voigt
Yup, sounds like it's not long for this world. My wife had the same model and it did that. A week or so later it seemed to start working again, then it breathed it's last breath. Hers lasted 4 years, I believe. Too bad the battery is hard wired in.
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