avrdude error: 0x00 not in sync

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hey guys,

I did a bread-boarded arduino per the instructions on this page:

and it worked in uploading my first sketch which was:

int ledPin = 1;                 // LED connected to digital pin 13

void setup()
{
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);      // sets the digital pin as output
}

void loop()
{
  digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);   // sets the LED on
  delay(1000);                  // waits for a second
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);    // sets the LED off
  delay(1000);                  // waits for a second
}

and I wired an LED from pin1 to GND,

first off, the sketch doesnt work (i think because i need to be using a resistor to ground)

and every time I try to upload a new sketch I get the following error:

avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00

I've tried all the usual troubleshooting tips, reboot comp, unplug everything etc. and obviously I took the LED out.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

after that every time I tried to upload a sketch I got a

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Update: Turns out the program WORKS but what it does it runs pin 1 HIGH and LOW (obviously), and I have learned that PIN 1 is the TX pin! I'm an idiot, does anyone know how I can flash the program some other way? I'm guessing this is why upload isn't working.

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First of all. Always use a resistor of atleast 100 ohms preferably more when connecting an LED.
Next, try manual reset.
Remove anything from the arduino.
Press the upload button and press the reset button immediately after seeing the "binary sketch size of ? bytes" message.

4

Arduino Duemilanove ATMEGA328P-PU
with
FT232R1 datecode 1032 (2010 week 32)
CAN upload with Arduino 1.0

Arduino Duemilanove ATMEGA328P-PU
with
FT232RL datecode 1138 (2011 week 38)
CANNOT upload with Arduino 1.0
CAN upload with Arduino 0.22

The difference is in FT232R1 & FT232RL.

The same problem occurred after I downloaded the driver from FTDI
Windows 2.08.17(Beta)
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

Arduino IDE version 0022 upload is working.

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I had this problem this morning and fixed it.

I tried the steps suggested above and in other posts, but here is what finally worked for me.

Under TOOLS, I changed PROGRAMMER from AVRISP mkII to AVR ISP.

I then uploaded a simple program for FILE:EXAMPLES:BASIC:FADE.

It worked.

I changed the PROGRAMMER back to AVRISP mkII, and now it works also.