Arduino Nano ESP32 - dfu-util: No DFU capable USB device available

[ghulse]

Others have posted this same question, but none of the suggestions have worked for me. When I try to upload a sketch via the Arduino IDE, I consistently get one of these errors, depending on which board I've selected.

When I select Arduino nano ESP32 board, I get this error:

dfu-util: No DFU capable USB device available

If I select ATMegaZero ESP32-S2, I get this:

A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP32-S2: No serial data received.

The Amazon page from which I purchased this Nano says it is the: "Arduino Nano [A000005]" which is based on the ATmega328.

If anyone can help it would be very much appreciated. I have another Nano ESP32 with USB-C port which works fine. I thought I was buying the same model, but it is clearly different. It has the older fat Micro USB port, which surprised me. The IDE says something about this being a "Nora". None of this is very helpful to me.

[runaway_pancake]

@ghulse

"Arduino Nano [A000005]" which is based on the ATmega328

Then it is not a Nano ESP32.
It's a "Nano" - so try going with that (Board → Arduino AVR Boards → Arduino Nano)

[ghulse]

Thank you, that worked. I thought I was purchasing the same Nano ESP32 that I purchased a couple of months ago.