HELP!!! this is start to really frustrate me. I have an Olimex AVR-PG1 connector hooked up to a Diecimila via the ICSP port with a blank Atmega168 chip in the socket.
I have tried programming the Arduino bootloader (the ATmegaBOOT file off the site) several times using both PonyProg and AVRDude and it appears to write to the chip successfully. When I open up the Arduino IDE though, I am unable to upload new sketches to the chips using USB like I have always done… the files get compiled and then I get a “STK500_getsync(): not in sync” error.
When I try switching back to the original chip that came with my board, it all works just fine… grrr!