My lab partner and I are working on a project for school and we are using an Arduino Mega 2560 for prototyping. The board was working just fine until, out of nowhere, the board was not being recognized at all. I tried reinstalling the IDE but still it does not work. I checked to see if the Arduino driver was installed, but the board does not show up in the device manager. Also, the L LED on the board does not light up at all. Attached are photos to help understand the problem.
grayed out port in the tools drop-down
arduino mega driver does not show up in device manager
If someone could help, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
-
Have you tried unplugging all the wires from the Arduino (other than USB) to verify it isn't a problem with something in your project shorting out?Phil C– Phil C04/11/2018 02:29:09Commented Apr 11, 2018 at 2:29
-
2The board was working just fine until, out of nowhere, the board was not being recognized at all - out of nowhere, huh? What was the last thing you were doing with the board when it was working?Nick Gammon– Nick Gammon ♦04/11/2018 03:38:07Commented Apr 11, 2018 at 3:38
-
The last thing was upload a simple stepper motor code.Jérémy Mainguy– Jérémy Mainguy04/13/2018 02:42:22Commented Apr 13, 2018 at 2:42
-
Also, to answer Phil C, nothing is plugged to the arduino.Jérémy Mainguy– Jérémy Mainguy04/13/2018 02:42:50Commented Apr 13, 2018 at 2:42
-
If you guys have any other tips or tricks or advice in general regarding this issue, anything helps.Jérémy Mainguy– Jérémy Mainguy04/13/2018 02:44:01Commented Apr 13, 2018 at 2:44
1 Answer 1
hey i had the same problem, i am thinking because i installed atmel studio and then this started happening, I then downloaded arduino from the microsoft store,(no change) then i restarted the pc, now its compiling and uploaded normally but still does not show the name of the board that is connected just shows lets say just COM22 with out saying what board