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Evey sketch i have wrote will not upload times out every time i try
dos any one have any suggestions on what i can do to fix this little problem.
 
i am using windows seven. my computer sees the board. i did down load
arduino 0023 and 0022 and they did not help.

if there is any more info that is needed to help with this pleas let me know.

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Evey sketch i have wrote will not upload

Can you load any of the Examples ?

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How about telling us the error messages that you are getting?  Show us the sketches that you are trying to load.

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Check to see in the device manager to see if your board has a device driver. If not when you right click on Arduino Mega in the device manager select properties - you want to tell it you want to browse your computer for the driver and not look on the internet.  It should be in a place like this:C:\Users\Drake411(me)\Downloads\arduino-1.0-windows\arduino-1.0\drivers  And probably Arduino MEGA 2560 maybe you have a rev3.

I just got my XINDA mega 2560 today and was a little miffed it didn't work. Seems to like this driver for uploading sketches. Hope you find my guess useful.

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this is what i am working on.


// constants won't change. They're used here to
// set pin numbers:
const int buttonPin = 2;     // the number of the pushbutton pin
const int ledPin =  13;      // the number of the LED pin

// Variables will change:
int ledState = HIGH;         // the current state of the output pin
int buttonState;             // the current reading from the input pin
int lastButtonState = LOW;   // the previous reading from the input pin

// the following variables are long's because the time, measured in miliseconds,
// will quickly become a bigger number than can be stored in an int.
long lastDebounceTime = 0;  // the last time the output pin was toggled
long debounceDelay = 50;    // the debounce time; increase if the output flickers

void setup() {
  pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
  // read the state of the switch into a local variable:
  int reading = digitalRead(buttonPin);

  // check to see if you just pressed the button
  // (i.e. the input went from LOW to HIGH),  and you've waited
  // long enough since the last press to ignore any noise: 

  // If the switch changed, due to noise or pressing:
  if (reading != lastButtonState) {
    // reset the debouncing timer
    lastDebounceTime = millis();
  }
 
  if ((millis() - lastDebounceTime) > debounceDelay) {
    // whatever the reading is at, it's been there for longer
    // than the debounce delay, so take it as the actual current state:
    buttonState = reading;
  }
 
  // set the LED using the state of the button:
  digitalWrite(ledPin, buttonState);

  // save the reading.  Next time through the loop,
  // it'll be the lastButtonState:
  lastButtonState = reading;
}

this comes up when i try to up load.
avrdude: stk5002_getsync() : timeout communicating with programmer
avrdude: stk500_2_receivemessage() : timeout

let me know if this helps
i do not see my arduino board in my device menu i know i am using
comport1 and my computer is telling me all drivers are updated and working.

let me know what u think.

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Hi and welcome to the world of pain!   

What I think the other replies were meaning were to check that the computer is talking to the Arduino with the right port.

The software uses a pseudo COM port to send data to the card.

If this is set wrong, it won't work.

I am not a windows 7 person, but if I could work it out with XP, it can't be that difficult.

Load the program - the compiler and go to tools/serial port

Check what that says and report back.

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it shows com1. windows 7 is new to me on this computer. i have set up a duel boot on my computer to run xp and windows 7. i will also try
and set up arduino program on my other hard drive and see what happens. thank you for your help. let me know what u think.
i am wondering what problems u had with xp that might help on my other hard drive.

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thank u all for the help i had the wrong com port i need com3 witch took the arduino drivers. i am now uploading my sketch with out the delay. what i did was i went into my device manager and plugged my mega 2560 into the computer to see witch port was coming up with question mark then upload the drivers from there. THANK U FOR THE HELP.