Arduino.inf driver exist on my device but not found by windows 10

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I have spent a few hrs over the past few days following and refollowing the set up instructions
under device manager my Arduino is in Other Devices, it is named FT232R USB UART
I click on it then try to update driver by clicking browse my computer and selecting downloads where the folder containing the arduino.inf is located
Then i get the error " windows could not find drivers for your device....

arduino inf exists
arduino inf exists797×592 41.1 KB

arduino driver not found

I finally finished my code and want to test it but this is holding me up, any help would be greatly appreciated !

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Can you tell us the writting on the top of the Chip next to the USB port please.

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are you asking if its an arduino uno ? or are you looking for different writing ?

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thumbnail_IMG_5895
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See here

That is NOT an FTDI chip, thats why it will not install. It is a CH340, follow the link for download and instructions.

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what link

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The blue words saying 'See here'

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is this link located on a message you sent or on the set up page ?

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I am a link - click me

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in the above answer, the words 'I am a link - click me' is the link you need.

The reason it's not on the Arduino getting started page is that your board is NOT an Arduino product.

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hmmmmm thanks for the info ! I downloaded the driver but windows still wasn't able to find it in the download section

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Open your download folder & extract the zip file, then run the setup.exe

It's all covered in the tutorial I sent you to.

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Have you got it working yet?

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nope, its still not changing the port name to ch340 and im still getting the error on my arduino ide

`Compilation complete.
"C:\Users\md\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude" "-CC:\Users\md\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -V -patmega328p -carduino "-PCOM1" -b115200 -D "-Uflash:w:C:\Users\MD~1\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino-sketch-D22FFB5D58CF4D6019A672B023B6C57F/blink_VS_Dim.ino.hex:i"

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\md\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : COM1
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf6

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Upload error: Error: 2 UNKNOWN: uploading error: uploading error: exit status 1
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I have plugged and unplugged the arduino and tried other ports as well

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Open the device manager, find the UNO, right click remove, and remove the driver when prompted.

Then click refresh devices.

If this fails, you need to get someone with PC knowledge to remove the FTDI driver for you.

This is NOT an Arduino issue, this is a windows/wrong driver install issue.

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it says the FT232R has no driver,
maybe I could try to set up on another device.

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downloaded the driver on my laptop ( different computer ) and this solution still didn't work.

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I have seen several recent reports (I found one here) about derivative boards with an unmarked SOIC-16 USB to serial adapter chip being detected by Windows as FT232R. We make the reasonable guess that this chip is the CH340 and then it goes this same way.

The CH340 is normally identified in the Windows Device Manager's "Other Devices" section as "USB2.0-Serial", which changes to "USB-SERIAL CH340 (COMn)" in the "Ports (COM & LPT)" section of the Windows Device Manager device tree once the WCH driver has been installed. I don't remember seeing these reports of it being identified as FT232R earlier than maybe two months ago. I wonder if some strange new species of Chinese mystery chips has entered the ecosystem?

@miked34 is there any writing on the top of this chip on your "Uno" derivative board?:
image
If yes, what does it say?

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Thanks for your help, sorry to report that chip has no text on it. If I knew that there were fake Arduino unos out there I would have never bought this, saving $10 isn't worth all this extra work.