Serial Port 'com x' not found

that might not be the first post on this problem, however in this case, my board(uno) was working fine before and i was able to upload sketches no problem..

but now, suddenly it stopped to identify when the board is plugged.

  • i went to device manager, but there was no LPT and COM option available there
  • i tried to reset the board, but it wouldn't reset!

i have another uno board, but it works fine. so its not in the installation procedure.

any idea how to fix this?!

ThunderWiring:

  • i tried to reset the board, but it wouldn't reset!

You couldn't press the reset button?

@Nick, no i couldn't, the led won't flash...
also i sensed some heat on those small surface mount components behind the atmel chip beside the 2 capacitors...

So you could press the button, but nothing happened?

Can you describe what you were doing prior to all this? Did you have stuff connected? What was it exactly?

yes i could press the button.

i have a shift register IC connected to digital pins 8,11,12, a servo motor to pin 9 and two sharp IR sensors to A4 and A1 in addition to the GND and 5v goes to the breadboard.
i also have a 12volt li-po battery(1800mah) that i sometimes power the uno with..