AVRdude error

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I'm a brand new Arduino user (today),and uploaded code to blink an LED from PIN 13. Code uploaded fine. However when the program runs, it returns an sync error that attempts to sync up to 10 times. I am not sure where to find info on this and what I am doing incorrect?

Error message is: '"avrdude: stk500_getsync() attmpt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x74"

Then this repeats up to ten (10) times.
Can anyone point out the error or where to find the solution?

Here's the code:

void setup() {
// Initializedigital pin 13 as an output.
pinMode (13, OUTPUT);
}
// the loop function runs over and over again forever

void loop() {
digitalWrite (13, HIGH) ; // turn LED on (HIGH is voltage level)
delay (1000) ; // wait for 1 second
digitalWrite (13, LOW) ; // turn LED off (by making it low)
delay (1000) ;
}
Thank you.

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Along with that error message, there is a link to the troubleshooting section. If you had gone there, you'd know that it isn't a programming question and you know the answers to the questions, and wouldn't have needed to prompt you.

And, you would not have needed to post more than once.

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Paul,
Wow, That's not great way to get people started with Arduino projects.... I DO understand maybe I wasn't looking in the correct forum section however the description says:
"Programming Questions
Understanding the language, error messages, etc."
One could logically determine this was a good place to start, since my question referred to an error message. Sorry I may have mis-stepped????
Wow..

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This is exactly why you are told to check out the troubleshooting section FIRST. Now, you've gotten all defensive, and contributed NO new information.

There is a section of the forum, at the very top, where troubleshooting issues can be discussed.

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Paul,
Did that First and didn't find the exact answers, Further exploration on the WWW lead me to an issue with Windows 8... Was hoping for Arduino forum support. Not defensive, no worries. We have different expectations and approaches on how to address helping people.
All the best.

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Dan, like you I am a newbie to Arduino and I gotta say a lot of people here are very short on tolerance when helping with answers.

It seems one needs to know it all or nearly all, before daring to ask here. Paul, had you responded to Dan with a helpful answer then you would not have had to respond cynically twice and add NO new information to the forum.

Paul, you are here answering cynically, why not instead make those answers helpful even if it means repeating it over and over to NEW people. I have been here only a few days and this is NOT a friendly place at all.

It is time to find an alternative Arduino forum. That's a pity as there is a LOT of good stuff here -and- a few good and helpful people, but people like you are driving people like me away.

Just out of interest, I am a moderator on a Mechanical Engineering forum and on some questions from new folk, I have probably written the same or similar responses hundreds of times. I don't mind it because I am not new to Mech Eng and I want to encourage others to like it. We all had to learn new stuff at some time. Other than eating and pooping, everything else had to be learned from day one.

Dear old Ma use to say, "if you can't say something nice, then say nothing."

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Why should I make more effort? The Arduino IDE recommends some actions. Whining on the forum is WAY down on the list. By the time that a post on the forum is appropriate, the user is told where, and what needs to be done.

If it matters, I had rotator cuff surgery on Thursday, and am typing everything left handed. Not easy...