so everything was working fine
went to update the firmware and I start getting this.
tried reinstalling the old firmware, and followed all the info I could google but to no avail.
its a mega 2560 and I'm running OSX El Captian on the mac..
I get this at the end of the compile.
avrdude: Version 6.0.1, compiled on Apr 14 2015 at 16:30:25
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/Users/williamfraser/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
Using Port : /dev/cu.usbserial-AL02W06I
Using Programmer : wiring
Overriding Baud Rate : 115200
any help would be appriciated..