Keep geting Expected signature for ATmega328P is 1E 95 error

Hi I am trying to program a bootloder and I keep getting this message,Expected signature for ATmega328P is 1E 95. I am using a Uno to program and the ender 3 main board.
Please help!

Please do this:

  • (In the Arduino IDE) File > Preferences
  • Check the checkbox next to "Show verbose output during: upload
  • Click "OK"
  • Tools > Burn Bootloader
  • After the Burn Bootloader process fails, you'll see a button on the right side of the orange bar "Copy error messages". Click that button.
  • In a forum reply here, click on the reply field.
  • Click the </> button on the forum toolbar. This will add the forum's code tags markup to your reply.
  • Press "Ctrl + V". This will paste the Burn Bootloader output between the code tags.
  • Move the cursor outside of the code tags before you add any additional text to your reply.
Arduino: 1.8.9 (Windows Store 1.8.21.0) (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno"

C:\Users\Matt and Donna\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino14/bin/avrdude -CC:\Users\Matt and Donna\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino14/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -PCOM4 -b19200 -e -Ulock:w:0x3F:m -Uefuse:w:0xFD:m -Uhfuse:w:0xDE:m -Ulfuse:w:0xFF:m 

avrdude: Version 6.3-20171130
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\Matt and Donna\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino14/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : COM4
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200
         AVR Part                      : ATmega328P
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PC2
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

                                  Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack
           ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
           eeprom        65    20     4    0 no       1024    4      0  3600  3600 0xff 0xff
           flash         65     6   128    0 yes     32768  128    256  4500  4500 0xff 0xff
           lfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           hfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           efuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           calibration    0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : Arduino
         Description     : Arduino
         Hardware Version: 2
         Firmware Version: 1.18
         Topcard         : Unknown
         Vtarget         : 0.0 V
         Varef           : 0.0 V
         Oscillator      : Off
         SCK period      : 0.1 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

Error while burning bootloader.
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000
avrdude: Yikes!  Invalid device signature.
         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
         this check.


avrdude done.  Thank you.

This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
option enabled in File -> Preferences.

Is this what you wanted?

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000
avrdude: Yikes!  Invalid device signature.
         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
         this check..

This is a symptom of the target chip's clock not running. That can happen when you are trying to switch a bare ATmega168/328P from a crystal oscillator (like on an Arduino) to the internal 8 MHz RC oscillator. An ATmega that is expecting a crystal needs that crystal to run its system clock. Without the clock you can't burn a bootloader.

There are two ways to provide a system clock:

1: If you can find a crystal between 8 and 20 MHz you can connect it between pins 9 and 10 of the target chip. Do that and try again.

2: If you can't find a spare crystal or you try the crystal and still get the "Device signature = 0x000000" error you should get this modified ArduinoISP sketch from adafruit: GitHub - adafruit/ArduinoISP: A fork of the ArduinoISP that has 8mhz output clock Go back to Step 1 and upload this version of ArduinoISP to your ISP Arduino. Connect Pin 9 of the ISP Arduino to pin 9 of the ATmega168/328P on the breadboard. That will provide an 8 MHz clock to allow programming without a crystal.

If you try both methods and it still fails with "Device signature = 0x000000" you might have a chip with configuration fuses set to disable serial programming. To fix the fuses you will need something like the HV Rescue Shield 2 from MightyOhm (HV Rescue Shield 2 | MightyOhm). That uses High Voltage Serial Programming to reset your ATmega/ATtiny configuration fuses to factory defaults. If that doesn't work your ATmega/ATtiny is probably damaged beyond use.