How much ram should one leave ???

 

After the update earlier this week, I had 92.7Mb free.... Garmin Nuvi 660.
SD Card is used for music...

I've already removed most voices, and pictures, music, but still have a couple I could remove... as well as Icons... Once I get it down to minimum, other than trimming back excess POI's... I think that's it...

Is there an amount of ram that should always be left free for normal operations?

any suggestions?

Thanks in Advance!!! Jan

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A 2689LMT in both our cars that we love... and a Nuvi 660 with Lifetime Maps that we have had literally forever.... And a 2011 Ford Escape with Nav System that is totally ignored!

I would leave enough space

I would leave enough space for a GCD file plus 1 or 2MB additional.

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GCD file? How large is

GCD file? How large is that?

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A 2689LMT in both our cars that we love... and a Nuvi 660 with Lifetime Maps that we have had literally forever.... And a 2011 Ford Escape with Nav System that is totally ignored!

GCD File Size

JanJ wrote:

GCD file? How large is that?

It depends on the unit, there is no set amount.
Since your profile shows a Nuvi 660, I would guesstimate it to be around 10MB.
In comparison my 2460LMT is 37MB.

Easy to check, connect the unit to the computer, using Windows Explorer, click on the Nuvi's drive letter, click on the Garmin folder. You willl see a file named GUPDATE.GCD, here you can see its size.

P.S. While in Explorer, right click on the Nuvi drive and select properties. This will show you how much space remains on the Nuvi.

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Nuvi 2460LMT 2 Units

Thanks for the .gcd info....

Thanks for the .gcd info....

The right click on Nuvi/properties is how I determined I had 92.7 Mb free...

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A 2689LMT in both our cars that we love... and a Nuvi 660 with Lifetime Maps that we have had literally forever.... And a 2011 Ford Escape with Nav System that is totally ignored!