I am at a loss...
None of the "fixes" in the forum or Youtube videos have helped me thus far...
I will try to give as much info as i can but also not beat around the bush.
I purchased a brand new Arduino Mega 2560 R3 from Microrobotics in South Africa 3 days ago.
It came as part of a 3D printer starter kit. (Including 1x Ramps 1.4 & 5x stepper motor driver boards)
I removed the Arduino board from the box and connected a USB (wich was not included in the kit) to it.
I then proceeded to download the IDE for windows (1.0.5)
Following the instructions to the letter, i then connected the USB (with Board attached) to my PC.
The pc (laptop) is running Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit has 3 USB ports.
After opening Device Manager and waiting for a "unknown Device" to appear, which never happened, i took the next logical step.
Add legacy hardware/Ports (Com&LPT)
From there, using the wizard, i installed the arduino.inf in the drivers folder, selecting the Arduino Mega 2560 Version 1.0.0.0 [1/4/2013] driver and clicking install........ This is where it all went downhill.
The window pops up saying "The software for this device is now installed but may not work correctly. This device cannot start (Code 10)"
Since then, i downloaded and tried the 1.5.7 Beta Drivers - same story
I tried the Old Drivers in both 1.0.5 and 1.5.7 - Same story
I tried switching USB ports on the Laptop - Same story
I tried 3 other USB cables - Same story
I tried a different pc all together (Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit) - Same story including the afore mentioned steps
I tried another Laptop (Windows 8.1 32bit) - Same story including the afore mentioned steps
I tried yet another PC (windows 8.1 64bit) - ......guess.... Same story including the afore mentioned steps
I tried virtual ports, 3rd party software, i even tried all of the other Arduino board drivers Uno/Mega ADK/Due/etc, but they all come back with the same error (Code 10)
Yes, the PWR "ON" LED and the pin 13 LED come on when i plug the UBS cable in,
Yes, it flashes once
Yes, i've changed my system time and date
yes, i rebooted the win8 machines with disable certificate verification
and yes, i have even removed MYSELF from the installation process and got 2 of my friends to try on their PC's.....
I am about to cry....
If anyone has any ideas, apart from hitting the board with a hammer, that would be great, as i am all done now.
I honestly don't know what else to try.
I have same problem bro, but when I try my friend's pc which is win8.1 it was worked. When I need update program, I still his pc, but I still can't use in my pc ( win7 SP1 64 bit, home premium)
Here I am attaching updated driver here. Please save the driver in Arduino folder.
Install the driver manually instead of automatic. Chose the below driver folder while updating from device manager
delete your old driver folder. Please let me know error you getting.
from device manage it clear say driver not being installed. click driver update choose maual update option; then select below folder with your controller board
Hi all
I have the same identical problem with my MEGA2560 clone bought on ebay...see page 2 of forum.
I hope it was suddenly faulty because it was operative for about a month.
On MAC PC it is working ok
ON PC WIN 7 ultimate (tested on three identical PCs) code 10 and COM port used by another application....
Now I'm waiting for a new GENUINE board bought from Arduino store.
If the problem still I will open a SERIOUS issue with Arduino and windows til my board is working.
Yes but....the same error during upload
Arduino MEGA 2560 Serial port 'COMx' already in use. Try quiting any programs..
and yesterday I also try to connect this Arduino on a MAC with Arduino 1.0.5 SW.
Loaded blink and uploaded successfully!
After .....
Same error also on MAC without any possibility of recover.
Arduino MEGA 2560 Serial port 'COMx' already in use. Try quiting any programs..
Avrdude timeout....
with the wonder of the MAC owner who is an high skill technician on Arduino !
Tested on the same port with an Arduino 1 board and this work.
i have the same problem with my two new Arduino Mega 2560 boards. Code-10 error and on arduino board one red led is blinking. I am writing to seller about the problem. I think there is no bootloader on board so board cant boot. Do you have any solution?
I think I have found solution to the problem described above in case of arduino uno with CH340 USB-to-serial chip in Winodws 7 32 bit. Just update the COM driver with drivers for CH340 USB-to-serial chip which can be downloaded from DCcduino usb drivers (CH340 / CH341 chipset). Although the site describes a solution for Macbook, it contains also drivers for windows. This solution worked for me. (Exchange of usb CABLE and Arduino driver reinstalation did not work for me).
with regards
Bartek
I have the same problem .......
i went through all the steps........
even those above mentioned..........
But i am getting the same error with different message...........
please point me out if i had made any mistake
Dear All, I have the same problem mentioned above. I have a a Nano, UNO and they all get connected easily without any problem but Arduino Mega 2560 is giving me a headache. I know my mega 2560 board is ok because I tested it with other PC.
Like others here, i have exhausted all options to install the driver but nothing works and it appears that there is some fundamental problem with the Windows recognizing the serial port.
I am hating this arduino shit of hit and miss. I am having the same problems as everyone else here and no conclusive help from anyone from the founders of arduino. Who is this Casey guy and another one that devolved this shit, where are they when it comes to any kind of support? I am beside myself here on a love hate thing for arduino...
I'm definitely not impressed...
where can a guy get answers for this or am I just shit out of luck?
I think its both. I have been wrestling with this problem for far too long and after reading in the forums I'm not the only one that dosen't get any answers. Anyway it's frustrating to say the least. Ive tried diferent versions and always have problems with ports. Here is my latest attempt at trying to install arduino.
I just installed 1.6.2 arduino again and have a few questions if anyone is interested and or has any answers. When I plugged in my mega board it installed the driver, I had a look in Device Manager and it showed my mega 2560 on COM3 which is odd because it is usually on com12. When I open a sketch it shows it (on the bottom right) on COM1? So I click on "Tools" and Port is greyed out in that menue so I'm thinking that's telling me arduino knows the port is wrong. Anyone have any suggestions on what is going on? Who should I be contacting if no one knows in here? Does arduino have any kind of support?
