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[laurakavanaugh]

Here is some more information:

1. The board I am having trouble with was purchased on 3/24/2021 from Amazon and is an official, genuine Arduino Nano board, not an knockoff. So it should use the standard Arduino installed driver and not the CH340 driver.

When I look at the Device Manager, it shows "Other devices > FT232R USB UART". But I don't think that is the correct driver for the genuine Arduino board from what I gather from a google search. When I try to update the driver, I get the message:

"Windows found drivers for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install them. The hash for the file is not present in the specified catalog file. The file is likely corrupt or the victim of tampering."

I did a google search to try and troubleshoot and found this (Enable/Disable Device Driver Signing in Windows 10 - Technipages) that said I had to disable Device Driver Signing. When I tried to follow the instructions, I got an error message "An error has occurred setting the element data. The value is protected by Secure Boot policy and cannot be modified or deleted.". So, I am still with trying to get my genuine Arduino Nano to run.

2. Because I was having so much trouble with the genuine Arduino Nano board, I decided to purchase some Lafvin Nano boards. I was able to install the CH340 drivers and get the Lafvin boards running just fine (can upload and run code). So I am really confused why I can't get the official Arduino Nano board to work.

Desperate for some help. Thanks.

[Ballscrewbob]

@laurakavanaugh

Official Arduinos have not used the FT232 for a considerable time due to FTDIGATE.

A link to where you purchased it would be useful.

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laurakavanaugh:
When I look at the Device Manager, it shows "Other devices > FT232R USB UART". But I don't think that is the correct driver for the genuine Arduino board from what I gather from a google search.

It should be fine. Did you ever try using it?

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ballscrewbob:
Official Arduinos have not used the FT232 for a considerable time due to FTDIGATE.

Official Arduino boards were never affected by "FTDIgate" because Arduino uses genuine FT232R chips. FTDIgate only affected the counterfeit FT232R chips used on some clone boards.

The classic Nano still uses the FT232R chip, just as always. You can check the schematic on the "Documentation" tab of the product page:

Arduino Nano