Okay so I believe my new Adruino MEGA 1280 is defective due to the fact that when I pluged the untouched thing into my (ALSO New, ALSO Now Defective,) $2000.00 (USD) Laptop the MEAN Arduino caused a popup to apear. As I started to read it, I quickly realised the arduino had just caused my laptop's "USB Driver Board" to surge.....
Then I smelled circuit smoke.... It was not the mega
so why am I writing on arduino fourms and not DELL?
My Dell is still inshured so all i have to do is go a bit with no USB ports...
my MEGA is what is now in need of a fix or possibbly replacement... can any one help me and/or give advice?
THANKS