Sync Error On Sketch Upload

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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This is probably trivial, but . . .

I finally found my new UNO R3 and installed the drivers. (When not using FTDI, things look completely different from the tutorial.)

I was all set to go with a very minor change to the 'Blink' sketch, so I verified it and tried to upload.

I keep getting the message "avrdude: stk500_getsync(); not in sync: resp=0x00".

Any idea what that means or how to fix it?

I have the right device and Com port selected. ??? I reverted the change I made and still get the same message.

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Honduras:
"avrdude: stk500_getsync(); not in sync: resp=0x00".

That means your PC is not getting the expected responses from the bootloader. Unfortunately there are lots of ways for this failure to occur, like a bad connection or bad configuration.

Does the receive light blink?

Does the transmit light blink?

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baum:
Have you installed the FTDI drivers or the atmega8u2 .inf file? If not, windows may think that the mega is something else...
baum

Where can I get that file? Actually I need the version for the 328. It isn't in the stuff I downloaded.

Also, I have a new problem. I tried changing the board to Duemilova in the Tools menu, and it took that ok, but it won't try to acess the Com 1 port anymore. Com 1 is the Arduino port. (Says it right on it.)

It would take a few minutes for Arduino to resolve this. I'm getting really frustrated at having an Arduino sitting next to me with the power light on and D3 blinking, but not be able to talk to the computer.