Problem with USPasp upgrade

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avrdude: Warning: cannot query manufacturer for device: No such file or directory

Searching on your terms, I found this "solved" topic which seems to be a 2016 Windows (comm device: CH340/FTDI) driver issue. Your issue might be different.

[SOLVED]Problems using USBasp with Arduino IDE 1.6.10/Arduino AVR Boards 1.6.12

UPDATE: The problem was solved by installing a different Windows driver. See [SOLVED]Problems using USBasp with Arduino IDE 1.6.10/Arduino AVR Boards 1.6.12 - #5 by pert - Microcontrollers - Arduino Forum for instructions. ORIGINAL POST: I was excited to see that Arduino IDE 1.6.10/Arduino AVR Boards 1.6.12 includes avrdude 6.3 but it seems to be causing me some problems with USBasp. The first problem I ran into is: C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.6.10\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avrdude -CC:\Pr…