Upload fails: "stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding"

Using Arduino Avrdude, stk500, Bootloader issues
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I have an ELEGOO Uno R3 and after trying to connect to two different computers AND checking the ports, driver, boards and even installing the Chinese driver I keep getting upload errors. It'll work one time on occasion but it's always after I make some changes like changing the Programmer that it works once. Then every time after that it crashes and It won't work after that. it's like it adapts to make sure it doesn't upload because everything I've done to make it run before doesn't work now no matter how many times I try it. So I wanted to burn it following the official page instructions but the burn won't load either. I even removed my old IDE (2.3.2) to (1.8.18)
This is the error I get when upload worked:
Arduino: 1.8.18 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino Uno"




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\Ebenezer\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% 0.02s



avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)



Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.02s



avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)



Error while burning bootloader.

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.02s



avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000

avrdude: Yikes!  Invalid device signature.

         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override

         this check.





avrdude done.  Thank you.





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And this is the one I got when it didn't work:

Arduino: 1.8.18 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino Uno"

C:\Users\Ebenezer\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude -CC:\Users\Ebenezer\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:0xDE: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\Ebenezer\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"



         Using Port                    : COM3

         Using Programmer              : stk500v1

         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15



avrdude done.  Thank you.



Error while burning bootloader.



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2

This indicates that you're trying to upload via ICSP using an external programmer, not via USB. If it's via USB, the choice of programmer makes no difference.

3

How to I upload via USB because it is connected via the USB port, I don't know what ICSP means

4

ICSP is a way to program the board via a external programming device,
Stands for in circuit serial programming.

I believe there are settings in the menu, but I cannot recall them.
(Perhaps clicking around there might help?)

5

Not behind a PC at the moment. If not mistaken, it is sketch/upload (shortcut ctrl-U)

Upload using programmer would also be under the sketch menu (shortcut shift-ctrl-U)

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When I run both Ctrl U and Shift+Ctrl+U I get this error

Arduino: 1.8.18 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino Uno"

Sketch uses 4354 bytes (13%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32256 bytes.

Global variables use 482 bytes (23%) of dynamic memory, leaving 1566 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.

C:\Users\Ebenezer\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude -CC:\Users\Ebenezer\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -cstk500v1 -PCOM3 -b19200 -Uflash:w:C:\Users\Ebenezer\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_802950/ArduinoISP.ino.hex:i 



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\Ebenezer\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"



         Using Port                    : COM3

         Using Programmer              : stk500v1

         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x15



avrdude done.  Thank you.



Problem uploading to board.  See https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/sections/360003198300 for suggestions.



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7

Does it in both cases show stk500v1 and 19200?

Note
For upload over USB you will need to use ctrl-U.

8

Yes in both cases.

9

In that case there might be something wrong with your <shift> key :wink:

Unfortunately I do not know why the IDE would think that you want to do an upload using programmer.