Ah...never mind...found my issue and fix soon after my post....it was the darn cable...used a Garmin GPS cable lying around and that didn't work and when I switched cables it worked. Didn't know that cables made a difference even if they are of the same fit. Duh! :-) I switch cables all the time and I never had an issue before. Interesting. I wonder what's so special about Garmin USB cable. Hope this helps someone else having similar issues. Cheers.