IDRIVE Froze. No Music, No Navi - Solution
01-08-2009, 05:21 PM
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So my freakin IDRIVE froze while I was playing MP3s in my car. I stopped at a light, restart the car. Still frozen. CDs wouldnt come out. I am like...phuck. WTF do I do? Started pressing buttons and nothing worked. Voice command, menu, knob. NOTHING! Then I remembered reading here or maybe I was dreaming, to press BOTH eject buttons from the one disc CD slot and the Navi DVD slot and ur idrive will reset. Voila, works wonders.
01-09-2009, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by brabusw209amg' post='763187' date='Jan 8 2009, 09:21 PM
So my freakin IDRIVE froze while I was playing MP3s in my car. I stopped at a light, restart the car. Still frozen. CDs wouldnt come out. I am like...phuck. WTF do I do? Started pressing buttons and nothing worked. Voice command, menu, knob. NOTHING! Then I remembered reading here or maybe I was dreaming, to press BOTH eject buttons from the one disc CD slot and the Navi DVD slot and ur idrive will reset. Voila, works wonders.
Good tip, I had not seen that... thanks.
Every 3-4 months my stupid idrive freezes, won't display date/time and I can't operate the radio. Mine reboots itself after about 15 minutes of driving...
01-09-2009, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by brabusw209amg' post='763187' date='Jan 9 2009, 02:21 AM
So my freakin IDRIVE froze while I was playing MP3s in my car. I stopped at a light, restart the car. Still frozen. CDs wouldnt come out. I am like...phuck. WTF do I do? Started pressing buttons and nothing worked. Voice command, menu, knob. NOTHING! Then I remembered reading here or maybe I was dreaming, to press BOTH eject buttons from the one disc CD slot and the Navi DVD slot and ur idrive will reset. Voila, works wonders.
01-09-2009, 05:45 AM
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My Ride: Alpine White/Biege 545i, CWP, Nav, Active Steering, Auto Step ordered 2/1/05
This was a known issue and was corrected by upgrading to progman 27.x. If your cars are still under warranty, make an appointment with your friendly local dealer for a software upgrade.
01-09-2009, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by theXman' post='763552' date='Jan 9 2009, 09:49 AM
Glad to know that you found a solution quickly. Like someone said, you should do an upgrade if you haven't yet. Good luck!
heading to bloomfield next wednesday
01-09-2009, 08:41 AM
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I told the dealer that Idrive was reacting SLOW and it crashed.
Please upgrade to latest firmware.
(They won't upgrade if you don't have a specific reason (no known error))
Now the Idrive respond way faster and it has never crashed at all.
Please upgrade to latest firmware.
(They won't upgrade if you don't have a specific reason (no known error))
Now the Idrive respond way faster and it has never crashed at all.
01-10-2009, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by SolanNo1' post='763550' date='Jan 9 2009, 09:45 AM
This was a known issue and was corrected by upgrading to progman 27.x. If your cars are still under warranty, make an appointment with your friendly local dealer for a software upgrade.
01-11-2009, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by mhs525' post='764785' date='Jan 10 2009, 11:00 PM
I had my software updated in the fall, nice new graphics for the Nav. Didn't fix the occasional freeze problem. I think the problem is related to the battery. The last time it happened I was hanging around in my car for the day while my son was playing paintball. Opening and closing doors/windows, moving the seat etc..
Graphics are nice. Seems a tad faster on some functions.
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