I keep getting the "avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00" error msg while uploading. The board is getting detected on COM3 port on the IDE. The green light and the "L" led turns on when I connect to USB. However I cannot see anything else blinking etc. Pressing the reset button does not change anything. Tried the usual reconnecting/ restarting arduino IDE etc. Nothing works
The problem started when I accidentally connected the 12 V +ve from the adapter and the 5V from the arduino , on the breadboard. I'm not an electrical engineer, but I suspect excessive voltage went INTO the arduino and fried the chip/bootloader? is the "avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00" a sure sign of it, or should I be trying something else before discarding this? (any better options that discarding, if it is indeed, fried?)