# Bootloader error: stk500\_recv(): programmer is not responding

**URL:** <https://forum.arduino.cc/t/bootloader-error-stk500_recv-programmer-is-not-responding/522933>\
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**Created:** [April 27, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/bootloader-error-stk500_recv-programmer-is-not-responding/522933 "2018-04-27T18:19:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![alshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@alshi](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/alshi)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/bootloader-error-stk500_recv-programmer-is-not-responding/522933/1 "2018-04-27T18:19:03Z")

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trying to load bootloader to existing UNO using another Arduino UNO... connections as in this diagram  
[https://goo.gl/kQwgQH](https://goo.gl/kQwgQH)

Always getting this error

> **[bootloader error.txt](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Khh15MwWBMGaBQ3aPbkrudic1t5a_cqE/view?usp=sharing)**
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> Google Drive file.

can anybody please help to learn whats going wrong.. need this to load bootloader to an arduino based board.. tried searching forum but couldn't find the required solution. Thanks

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**Author:** ![ieee488](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d2c977/32.png) [@ieee488](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/ieee488)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/bootloader-error-stk500_recv-programmer-is-not-responding/522933/2 "2018-04-28T21:41:35Z")

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> alshi:  
> trying to load bootloader to existing UNO using another Arduino UNO... connections as in this diagram  
> [https://goo.gl/kQwgQH](https://goo.gl/kQwgQH)
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> Always getting this error  
> [bootloader error.txt - Google Drive](https://goo.gl/xPVA5g)
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> can anybody please help to learn whats going wrong.. need this to load bootloader to an arduino based board.. tried searching forum but couldn't find the required solution. Thanks

Not only do you not upload files that we can see, you don't even know how to put click-able links.

Pass.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/bootloader-error-stk500_recv-programmer-is-not-responding/522933/3 "2021-05-06T18:06:44Z")

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