I have my desktop running windows 8 and have no problems uploading from it. I am trying to use my dads old laptop running windows xp for uploading and keep getting errors. One issue I run into is the IDE frequently cannot find the serial port, only COM1 and COM3 are shown. When it does find COM5 or …

Uploading errors using windows xp

mosely April 20, 2014, 3:36pm 6

In the advanced section of the arduino COM port it is COM5

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