RX-TX Pin Upload Error EVEN WHEN RX-TX Pin Are Open

Using Arduino IDE 1.x
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I have this PCB where I placed my Arduino. The RX and TX pin are connected to another component via PCB traces and female headers. I have not connected the component to the PCB so these pins are "open" (I have checked the PCB traces to make sure they connect directly to just a female headers pins on which I will place the other component). For some reason the upload won't work until I remove the Arduino from the PCB and then upload.

What is happening here? Why isn't the code uploading when the RX and TX pin are "open"/not connected to some component?

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Please provide a schematic. Which Arduino?

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You need Tx, Rx and RESET to be available. But it sounds like you MAY have something on the Rx or Tx lines!

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