How do I install my Arduino Duemilanove in Windows 8?

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I've connected it and it went on to install some driver and now when I look in the device manager, it says it's installed as a USB Serial Converter. I then went on to install the Arduino tools, which also installed the Arduino driver. However, I cannot upload anything from the IDE to my Arduino. What am I doing wrong?

I've tried changing the device drivers from the USB Serial Converter to the ones included with the Arduino tools, but they won't install.

2

You can try going to www.ftdichip.com and seeing if the FT232 drivers will install better from there.
(I have no Win 8 experience, returned a laptop that had it, couldn't stand using it).

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CrossRoads:
You can try going to www.ftdichip.com and seeing if the FT232 drivers will install better from there.
(I have no Win 8 experience, returned a laptop that had it, couldn't stand using it).

Well, I tried that and it doesn't really change anything. It installs the driver, but the device name stays the same.

And I still can't communicate with it through the IDE. All the IDE says is:
avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb"

4

You need some Win8/FTDI help then.

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CrossRoads:
You need some Win8/FTDI help then.

Okay....

So now what?

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You have two paths you can take.

  1. The FTDI serial converter chip used on your board has a USB drive but it is 'unsigned' and you can't install it without going through a sequence of manual windows hoops to allow you to install such an unsigned driver, however the driver is included in your Arduino IDE distribution files. A goggle search on "installing unsigned drivers in Windows 8.1" should find several sources for the gory details. This probably not the best path to take as there are newer device drivers available as told in #2.

  2. The FTDI site has official 'signed drivers' that can be installed in your Windows 8.1. The trick is figuring which driver you need to support the FT232R chip your Duemilanove. I think this is the correct driver selection page for your board:
    VCP Drivers - FTDI

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retrolefty:
You have two paths you can take.

  1. The FTDI serial converter chip used on your board has a USB drive but it is 'unsigned' and you can't install it without going through a sequence of manual windows hoops to allow you to install such an unsigned driver, however the driver is included in your Arduino IDE distribution files. A goggle search on "installing unsigned drivers in Windows 8.1" should find several sources for the gory details. This probably not the best path to take as there are newer device drivers available as told in #2.

  2. The FTDI site has official 'signed drivers' that can be installed in your Windows 8.1. The trick is figuring which driver you need to support the FT232R chip your Duemilanove. I think this is the correct driver selection page for your board:
    VCP Drivers - FTDI

I've installed that 2 times now. It installs fine, and the device appears to work fine. The IDE just won't connect to it for some reason. I think the problem is with the IDE. Is there some way I can tell the IDE which device it should connect to?

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Okay, I've found the problem. I need to run the IDE as administrator. When I run it as administrator, everything works fine and it will upload :slight_smile: .