help sketch wont upload

Hi

I am having issues with uploading to the Arduino Duemilanove when uploading I get the following message.

avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00

does anyone have any ideas on what is wrong?

That is the message you get when the Arduino IDE can not communicate with the board at all. As if the board is not connected.

Could you try perhaps on another computer ?
Is the usb-serial port visible when the board is connected ?

Yes the board is visible as a com port in device manager.

I will try another computer when I get home from work.

That means that the usb-serial chip is working.
However, the Arduino IDE can not communicate with the bootloader in the main microcontroller.

The first thing to do is to test it on another computer.
If that doesn't work, there is something really wrong. Sometimes burning a new bootloader will help. You need a programmer for that (a programmer can be an Arduino board http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP ).

Thanks for the help I will give it a try if it doesn't work I'll end up buying another board