averdude: verification error; content mismatch

Being new to the world of Arduino, I have recently came across this error message while uploading a sketch.

"averdude: verification error; content mismatch"

Woops! What did I do wrong? I ran this sketch before and it uploaded just fine. I hope my board isn't going bad so soon, I just got it. Does anyone know what this error is and how to fix and or prevent it? It seems like there are a lot of people asking this question but no solid answers.

Perhaps turning on this option in "Preferences..." and posting the resulting messages will allow someone to assist you:

Show verbose output during: [ ] compilation [X] upload

Hi all
I have same problem.
See:

Arduino: 1.6.13 (Linux), Board: "nicai-systems NIBO 2 robot"

Bootloader file specified but missing: /home/kurt/Documents/AVRpgm/hardware/nicai/avr/bootloaders/DoNotEraseTheBootloader

Sketch uses 5,254 bytes (4%) of program storage space. Maximum is 131,072 bytes.
Global variables use 901 bytes of dynamic memory.
/home/kurt/Arduino/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/home/kurt/Arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega128 -cstk500v2 -P/dev/ttyACM0 -Uflash:w:/tmp/arduino_build_125867/TT01_ErsterSketch.ino.hex:i

avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Sep 12 2016 at 15:21:49
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

System wide configuration file is "/home/kurt/Arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/home/kurt/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

Using Port : /dev/ttyACM0
Using Programmer : stk500v2
AVR Part : ATmega128
Chip Erase delay : 9000 us
PAGEL : PD7
BS2 : PA0
RESET disposition : dedicated
RETRY pulse : SCK
serial program mode : yes
parallel program mode : yes
Timeout : 200
StabDelay : 100
CmdexeDelay : 25
SyncLoops : 32
ByteDelay : 0
PollIndex : 3
PollValue : 0x53
Memory Detail :

Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack


eeprom 4 12 64 0 no 4096 8 0 9000 9000 0xff 0xff
flash 33 6 128 0 yes 131072 256 512 4500 4500 0xff 0xff
lfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
hfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
efuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
calibration 0 0 0 0 no 4 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
signature 0 0 0 0 no 3 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00

Programmer Type : STK500V2
Description : Atmel STK500 Version 2.x firmware
Programmer Model: AVRISP
Hardware Version: 1
Firmware Version Master : 2.10
Vtarget : 5.0 V
SCK period : 0.1 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9702 (probably m128)
avrdude: NOTE: "flash" memory has been specified, an erase cycle will be performed
To disable this feature, specify the -D option.
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: reading input file "/tmp/arduino_build_125867/TT01_ErsterSketch.ino.hex"
avrdude: writing flash (5254 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.09s

avrdude: 5254 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against /tmp/arduino_build_125867/TT01_ErsterSketch.ino.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file /tmp/arduino_build_125867/TT01_ErsterSketch.ino.hex:
avrdude: input file /tmp/arduino_build_125867/TT01_ErsterSketch.ino.hex contains 5254 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:

Reading | ##########################################An error occurred while uploading the sketch
######## | 100% 0.67s

avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0000
0x00 != 0x0c
avrdude: verification error; content mismatch

avrdude done. Thank you.

This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
option enabled in File -> Preferences.


any help available?

Arduino: 1.6.13 (Linux), Board: "nicai-systems NIBO 2 robot"

That is not an Arduino so there could be something wrong in the design of the hardware, the bootloader, or the third-party Arduino add-on that supports the third-party hardware and bootloader. I'd recommend going back to the manufacturer's site and following their directions step-by-step. Perhaps their add-on does not support V1.6.13 of Arduino.