Yet another not in sync: resp=0x00 error

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kjhf:
Got an Arduino Uno R3 today and couldn't wait to play with it. Unfortunately it's coming up with the ...

A genuine one? We get a few posts like this which, after multiple questions, it turns out they got a cheap copy on eBay. No offence, but some of those copies require different drivers than the ones that come with the IDE.

The Arduino was supplied for a University project: I would imagine the University has bought genuine ones rather than ones off eBay or Amazon.