Unable to upload bootloader in arduino nano

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Hey guys,

I am new to arduino nano and bought it a day before. I am facing problem with my nano board.

I have no USB cable to program my arduino nano, so have to use ICSP header pins to program it. In place of programmer i am using an Arduino Uno, i have connected pins as follows:

UNO NANO
D13 D13
D12 D12
D11 D11
D10 RST

Before doing this i uplaoded ArduinoISP example code in arduino uno, selected programmer "Arduino as ISP".
Now i tried to program my arduino nano which is based on atmega328pb chip, for this i selected target board- arduino nano, processor - atmega328p (old bootloader) and then clicked on upload using programmer. But i failed in doing so, i recieved error message, so now i am tring to uplaod bootloader in arduino nano.

While uploading bootloader i am getting error message:

"C:\Users\piyus\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude" "-CC:\Users\piyus\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -patmega328p -cstk500v1 -PCOM3 -b19200 -e -Ulock:w:0x3F:m -Uefuse:w:0xFD:m -Uhfuse:w:0xDA:m -Ulfuse:w:0xFF:m

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\piyus\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : COM3
         Using Programmer              : stk500v1
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200
         AVR Part                      : ATmega328P
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PC2
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

                                  Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack
           ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
           eeprom        65    20     4    0 no       1024    4      0  3600  3600 0xff 0xff
           flash         65     6   128    0 yes     32768  128    256  4500  4500 0xff 0xff
           lfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           hfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           efuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           calibration    0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : STK500
         Description     : Atmel STK500 Version 1.x firmware
         Hardware Version: 2
         Firmware Version: 1.18
         Topcard         : Unknown
         Vtarget         : 0.0 V
         Varef           : 0.0 V
         Oscillator      : Off
         SCK period      : 0.1 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.03s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9516 (probably m328pb)
avrdude: Expected signature for ATmega328P is 1E 95 0F
         Double check chip, or use -F to override this check.

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Failed chip erase: uploading error: exit status 1

To resolve this error i have done many tries but failed. That is why i am seeking for help here, please any one who knows to solve this problem help me. I am absolutely new to bootloaders. I have checked all the things every thing is correct like circuit, settings in arduino ide etc. but still bootloader is not uploading. I am using Arduino IDE 2.

Thank you in advance.

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No, you don't have to do that.

You said that your are a beginner with Nano. Using Uno for ICSP programming is not a beginner project. Already you are stuck and asking the forum for help.

Get a USB cable for the Nano.

Uploading a bootloader to the Nano is useless unless you have a USB cable for the Nano.

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I said i am beginner in arduino nano. Because of unavaibality of nano cable i am using my arduino uno to upload code in nano, i have found this method to upload code from instructable, and many more people use this. But i am unable to use this way of programming nano. So i thought that it may be bootloader issue that is why i am trying to upload bootloader first, but i am getting error here. If you can help me with this error, please provide me necessary steps to take to ressolve this issue.

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Your board is not a Nano but you're trying to program it as one. I'm not sure if the Arduino as ISP supports that board.

Further you'll have to install a core (board package) like GitHub - MCUdude/MiniCore: Arduino hardware package for ATmega8, ATmega48, ATmega88, ATmega168, ATmega328 and ATmega328PB to start with. That page might also provide instructions for sketch upload using the Arduino-as-ISP; you'll have to check.

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