Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2015 June 1

= June 1 =

Don't know what to call this part
[It's not quite a computer, but these things fulfill computing purposes, so forgive me for coming here :-]

My Garmin Nüvi portable GPS unit is having charging problems: the spot where you plug it in is malfunctioning. I want to search for information about the broken part — but what do you call it? See this image; if you draw a line between the "G" of "Garmin" and the screw at the bottom of the image, it's on the line a bit closer to the "G", the spot where you plug in the USB and the surrounding piece of plastic that, in this image, is protruding a little from the surrounding area. Nyttend (talk) 23:38, 1 June 2015 (UTC)


 * The connection appears to be a USB Mini-B receptacle. The 2795LMT manual just calls it a "USB port". -- Tom N  talk/contrib
 * Agree with that, don't think it could be anything else. 220  of  Borg 10:58, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * As for what could be wrong, the easy fix would be if there is gunk in the connector. Look at it closely and see if anything is stuck in there.  If so, you can try cleaning it with a Q-tip and alcohol, etc.  The other easy fix is if it's the cord.  Just replace it.  (If you have another Garmin Nüvi cord you can try, I'd do that as a test.)  The worst problem is if one of the wires inside the device, behind the connector, is broken or has come disconnected.  It's doubtful you could fix that yourself, so you may need to take it in for service or replace the whole thing.  (If the connector wiggles, then this is likely to happen eventually.)  StuRat (talk) 19:32, 2 June 2015 (UTC)