MKR1000 setup issues, 'programmer not responding' Sketches not working

Official Hardware MKR Family MKR 1000 WiFi
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Just got the MKR1000 delivered today but its not performing as expected, its probably me thats doing something wrong.

I initially downloaded the Arduino IDE, did the firmware upgrade through wifi101 firmware updater. Then added mkr1000 board and then the WIFI101 and wifi101ota libraries.

I can upload the blink test, that works. So i wanted to test the Wifi connection using the wifi101_OTS sketch, this compiles and uploads after adding in my SSID and PW but nothing happens. I get some information about the chip and a verify successful message and then a CPU reset message.

I thought I would go back to re-update the wifi firmware but when I try to do that or test the connection I get a 'Programmer not responding' message. In the Wifi updater the port is shown as /dev/cu.usbmodem1421.

So I thought I would see how well it responded on the web editor. After initially allowing me to upload sketches, the connection now seems to switch on and off continuously.

Some help would be appreciated

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I spent a whole lot of time when I first got my MKR1000 with the programmer not responding error and my PC wouldn't even recognize the MKR1000.

Then I pulled it off the foam pad that it shipped with (headers pins in). I felt like a real idiot...I've never had a board with header pins so the thought didn't cross my mind that it was conducting across all the pins.

Likely not your issue but thought I'd share.

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Try double-tapping the reset button quickly after it's pulled into the PC using USB.

This will keep it in boot loader mode, and let you upload a new sketch in case there is something wrong with the previous sketch.