Can not select the correct serial port from the Tools

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Dear all!

I just got my first Arduino, and that is Arduino Due.
It is just Arduino Duo, nothing else, in the small box.

So I checked the topic "Getting started with the Arduino Due" on the page:

and did everything is written there, namely, I purchased Micro-B USB cable,
and attached it to the Due's programming port.
I did not attach anything to DC power connector.

Now, when I try to upload a sketch from simply program (LED blink)
it tries but then at the end it reports a mistake:

"No device found on COM1"

According to the Getting Started on Due's page it says:
"To upload a sketch, choose Arduino Due (Programming port) from the Tools > Board menu in the Arduino IDE, and select the correct serial port from the Tools > Serial Port menu."

I did choose Arduino Due (Programming port) from Tools / Board menu,
but there is no way I can choose Tools / Serial Port menu.

For some reason "Serial port menu" is impossible to choose from the menu.

I'm using Arduino IDE 1.7.7.

On Tools there is menu "Port", and under "Port" there are 2 options:

  1. Serial ports
  2. COM4 (Arduino Due (Programming port))

Please help with this!

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I suggest that you install the IDE from this site. Currently v1.6.5
Then go to Tools Board Manager and install the DUE package.

Whereas neither v1.6.5 nor v1.7.7 is perfect, the 1.6.x branch is maintained by software experts. And the 1.7.x branch is maintained by a hardware manufacturer with little knowledge of software.

In an ideal world, rival Italians would not fight each other. We would have ONE version of the Arduino software.

David.