Arduino Mega "knock off" HELP!!!

Forum 2005-2010 (read only) Hardware Troubleshooting
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Hi guys, well being a Noob to this I purchased a board from ebay thinking it was actually an arduino mega, but have only just discovered its a fake....Security measure . But before doing so I installed the Sketch programmer and usb drivers and.... surprise suprise the board didnt get shown up when I tried to select it...(but the serial port did). I looked for help with this but to no avail (even turning off activesync to ensure that it was not interfering..) and would love to use the Arduino Software as it is open source!!!
Any help with my delima would be greatly appriciated....

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The ebay link does not work any longer... What do you mean by "fake"???

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Opps sorry, meaning not manufactured by Arduino (no labels...etc, I have a picture but am having trouble posting it...lol)
try this link its defiently on there now...http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ATMEL-ATMEGA1280-ATMEGA-1280-USB-Board-Arduino-MEGA-/280555322380?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

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Well it clearly says based on the reference design!!!

Also communication to the board is handled by the com port not by a specific arduino device, set your port in the IDE to the serial port which was created.

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I recall to have bought other boards from that seller - was very reliable...

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ok this is clearly my fault as i know nothing about electronics!How do i set the port in my IDE??????

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This is not really an electronics question...
(1) Tools-> Board -> Mega
(2) Tools -> Serial Port -> whatever

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Ah actually it IS as the board is not showing up at all...I cannot select anything, but I can select the use port.....

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if you are using a USB cable it will show up differently
but it will probably be something like USB0 or USB1 etc

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Even with USB it shows up as a COM port!

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ok let me clarify,tyhe com port show up...com 7 but I cannot select a board....nothing....greyed out.....HELP

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If you go to device manager in Control Panel, you should be able to find the com port, if you uninstall it and disconnect your arduino, you can then re-connect the arduino and re-install the drivers, see if this solves the problem!

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Hey Squiggler, thanks mate,a simple uninstall/re-installer did the trick!Thanks to everyone on here who replied, I am a noob to electronics and it was frustrating!Thanks again!
Mr Mouse

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Your welcome,!