# AVRISP II w/Olimex AVR-P20---Stop Flashing orange! AHHHHHHH!

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/avrisp-ii-w-olimex-avr-p20-stop-flashing-orange-ahhhhhhh/5072>\
**Category:** MicroMod\
**Tags:** avr-atmel\
**Created:** [August 18, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/avrisp-ii-w-olimex-avr-p20-stop-flashing-orange-ahhhhhhh/5072 "2007-08-18T02:34:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![carbon16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@carbon16](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/carbon16)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/avrisp-ii-w-olimex-avr-p20-stop-flashing-orange-ahhhhhhh/5072/1 "2007-08-18T02:34:26Z")

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I recently jumped into microcontrollers with subject line equioment and an ATTiny2313. I had to add a six pin ISP header to the AVR-P20 so it would interface with the AVRISPII, which was no big deal.

Here’s my problem: I cannot get the AVRISPII to talk to the ATTiny2313. I get a reset pull-up resistor error. I’ve tried replacing the 10k pullup on the avr-p20 with a 10k and a 26k, to no avail. I’ve checked and doublechecked all my isp header connections, which all seem fine. What else can I do? The orange light on the AVRISPII will not stop flashing, except once in a while it reads green, then when I try to program the Attiny2313 via AVRstudio, I get the error, and it goes orange again. Please help, any suggestions would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![carbon16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@carbon16](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/carbon16)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/avrisp-ii-w-olimex-avr-p20-stop-flashing-orange-ahhhhhhh/5072/2 "2007-08-20T19:21:19Z")

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> carbon16:  
> I recently jumped into microcontrollers with subject line equioment and an ATTiny2313. I had to add a six pin ISP header to the AVR-P20 so it would interface with the AVRISPII, which was no big deal.
> 
> Here’s my problem: I cannot get the AVRISPII to talk to the ATTiny2313. I get a reset pull-up resistor error. I’ve tried replacing the 10k pullup on the avr-p20 with a 10k and a 26k, to no avail. I’ve checked and doublechecked all my isp header connections, which all seem fine. What else can I do? The orange light on the AVRISPII will not stop flashing, except once in a while it reads green, then when I try to program the Attiny2313 via AVRstudio, I get the error, and it goes orange again. Please help, any suggestions would be appreciated.

OK, problem solved. Even though all my connections checked out, I decided to rewire the connector. Now it works! Thanks to me. 🙂