Is there any solution to this?
I have a Nano and a Micro and have tried running IDE on Windows XP, 7 & 8 nothing.
I can only assume they are counterfit FTDI chips and I have tried the un brick tutorials but I have no idea where to find a copy of a SAFE driver.
There are links here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPdSKT6KdF8
A quick Google search for 'FTDI safe driver' turned up plenty of pages. Did you try that?
Like John wrote, there are plenty of tutorials on how to repair a fake FTDI chip that was broken by the updated driver.
Google for "repair fake FTDI". Some tutorials require you to use Linux, others will use Windows.
Just searching for FDTI drivers points to lots of dodgy software of which how do we tell what is safe and what is not.
This appears to be a wide spread problem that has been solved by the geniuses out there but us noobs are likely to download viruses.
I just want to know where I can find a driver so then I can go about un bricking the chips.
ARe you using Linux or Windows. Do you have access to a linux box?
I have access to Windows XP,7 & 8. I don't have my Pi on me and I am not that fluent with Pi anyway.
The first thing you should do is to completely remove the FTDI drivers you currently have. They are the culprit for bricking the fake FTDI.
The problem is that all known good instructions I have are for Linux. You can download a Live installation, copy to a USB stick or DVD disc and boot from there. This won't make any permanent changes to your linux boxes. Once you are able to boot into Linux, follow this guide:
or
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=274387.0
There are good Windows guides as well, but I can't find one right now. I find it safer to do this under Linux.
Once your FTDI chip is repaired, and you need to go back to Windows, download an old driver from FTDI that won't brick fake chips. Version 2.08.30 is safe for that.
Thanks that looks helpful, wish me luck