Arduino Uno blinking YL "Programmer is not responding"

Question

Hey guys so I'm pretty new to Arduino and I've been having some trouble with my Uno MC, I decided to pick one up as a little side project in the January sales and only just freed up the time to really start using it.

The first problem is, when I hook up my Uno to my windows 64x PC using a UsbA-B cable (for power) I get a blinking YL on the Uno.

Second problem is, when I attempt to upload an example sketch to the Uno, for instance, "Blink" using the Arduino IDE I get the following error.

avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x01 avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

Have no idea how to fix the issue, but here's some information I know:

• My board does show up in Computer Management under my COM3 port as "Arduino Uno" so I believe my drivers aren't the issue here.

• I also have the correct board selected in the IDE.

• I reinstalled the IDE and reset my computer after installing the drivers, none ofthe errors were fixed.

• I've tried holding down the reset button on the Uno (As shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plCxXwiUK-w) and that doesn't solve my issue.

Any advice?

Answer 1

You have to install Boot Loader.To do this you can use a micro controller Programmer such as USBasp and your Arduino software.First insert your atmega328 micro controller on Programmer then use Burn Bootloader in Tools menu of Arduino software then return back your atmega to its location on Arduino.

Answer 2

Under Tools>Port in the IDE I inexplicably had (COM1) as my active port and not port (COM3) where my Uno actually was.

Program now successfully uploads without errors.