avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "com5":,programmer is not responding!!

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I have a freeduino with an atmega 328 chip on it.whenever I try to upload a program,it shows the following error.

Using Port : COM5
Using Programmer : arduino
Overriding Baud Rate : 115200
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\.\COM5": Access is denied.

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6

avrdude done. Thank you.

Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.

I tried selecting different options under the boards menu,changing the baud rate ,checking whether the ports were right and even reinstalling drivers.Has my chip burned or is there anything that I could do?Please guide me as to how to solve this problem.
Thanks in advance

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Does the Freeduino board show up in the Device Manager as COM5 ?

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Yes it does!Its shown as an usb to uart bridge

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Try it with Arduino IDE 1.6.5 and see if that works for you. There are many posts which you may have seen in this forum about "COMX Access is denied" messages with version 1.6.8.