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You should put the board in dfu mode first. Read the instructions carefully
Does the fact that I'm on the Uno R3 (which has an ATmega328) put me in a different situation from this guide which focuses on the ATmega8U2? I'm reading the instructions very carefully and nothing points me towards a solution that allows me to get the thing into DFU mode. This article looked promising: http://academic.cleardefinition.com/2012/07/31/using-dfu-programmer-with-an-arduino-uno-r3/ but I'm still utterly confused. Also, this thread http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,92148.0.html seems to be aiming at a solution for a similar problem but doesn't appear to arrive at one. Whenever I tap the appropriate pins that should cause it to reset simply restart the board and it goes back to blinking. I hope I'm not missing anything glaring. Thanks