Hi! This may be an incredibly painful story to read, but please be patient as I am learning what all these things mean. I purchased the Arduino Starter Kit, and I wanted to use the Servo motor. I wasn't sure what to plug it into, so I put it on the first pin I saw that would fit, and that was what I now know are the ICSP pins. I plugged it into them, and my Arduino's built in light that I had enabled for debugging instantly turned off, and it was no longer detected by my computer. (Using IDE v2 on Linux) Did I fry my Arduino? Is there anything I would have to try to fix? As a fun bonus, the USB port my Arduino was plugged into no longer works. (I have a Framework laptop so I can replace that port this is not a large problem) Do I just have to buy a new Arduino?
On your computer, open the Device Manager.
Plug your Arduino with a USB data cable (DATA, not POWER) into a COM port
Do you see any LEDs light on the Arduino?
Do you hear a system chime?
Do you see any changes in "Ports (COM & LPT)"
Maybe you did, but fun fact: did you know that the ATMega328P chip on your Arduino Uno (Uno, right?) is replaceable? Yep, if you did fry the brains of the Arduino, you can fix it!
Also, this will sound weird but it isn't: smell the Arduino. Does it smell burnt? If yes, it's likely toast. If no, well, that's good but doesn't mean you're in the good, either. It's one way to tell with electronics though, if they've been destroyed by rogue electricity.
Hello, I checked the connected USB devices on my computer (As I am using Linux, Device Manager does not exist so I used lsusb) there are no changes in ports whatsoever. No lights turned on, and there was no system notification. Thank you regardless for trying to help.
Thanks for the tip! I will repair my Arduino when I can. (Side note: it does not smell burnt, but it has also been 2 hours since this has happened so the smell may have left the device.)
Well, that's not terrible. The smell won't go away, fwiw.
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