Arduino Pro Mini 5V - Upload Fails

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Hello All:

I’m running an Sparkfun Arduino Pro Mini 5V. I"m using an FTDI cable to try to upload my code to the chip. I have my port set to Com5 (FTDI cable) and my board is a Arduino Duemilanove w/328 in the Arduino software. I’m running version 0023 of the Arduino environment.

When I try to upload the code to the board, I get a message:

Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino…

avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp-0x00

avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect-0x14, resp=0x51

Now, the funny thing is that if I hook up my 2nd version of the same board, it uploads just fine. I’ve carefully inspected all of the solder connections and they look just fine. And when I plug in the Pro Mini to the FTDI cable, the red light comes on. But, the green light near digital pin 10 doesn’t come on. So, it doesn’t seem to be cable, Arduino Environment, or me just being an idiot. So, any suggestions?

Thanks,

Mike B.

Riverview, FL

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Let me get this straight. You have a pro mini 5V, you selected Duemilanove and it doesn’t sync. Right?

Try pulling down tools/board and selecting something like “pro mini 5V/16mhz with 328”. (I think it’s slightly different for you, I have Arduino 1.0 installed)

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Ok. I downloaded the Arduino 1.0 environment and tried to download a sketch to it using the ‘pro mini 5V/16…’. It didn’t work. I get the following message:

avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00

I tried the 3.3v board too.

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I spoke with Tech Support and they think it’s a ‘blank’ board. They are sending me out another board.