avrdude-GUI - can't read fuse, is ATMEGA168 dead?

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I have an arduino diecimila which suddenly stopped responding. i thought maybe the bootloader was corrupted so i tried to reload it.

I'm following these directions - http://www.geocities.jp/arduino_diecimila/bootloader/bitbang_w_ide_en.html

I get as far as reading the fuse and that fails. i've tried it with a known good ATMEGA168 chip and it works perfectly.

is my ATMEGA168 chip dead or is there something else to try?

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can you read the fuses at all? if not then the fuses may have become corrupt.

you could try unbricking by putting a clock source onto the XTAL1 pin and then try reading the fuses again. I did this the other day when I accidental put in wrong fuse settings.

http://blog.everythingrobotics.com/2009/05/23/recovering-from-incorrect-fuse-settings-on-the-stobit/

Stephen...