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There are instructions on the AVRFreaks website for dealing
with this. You SHOULD NOT do an update with the target
processor installed on the board, if I recall correctly.

That info does not appear to be on AVRFreaks any more. I do
have a copy, however, and can send it to you if you provide
an e-mail address.

Jim Wagner



On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:28:58 +0530
 "Ranjit Puri" <ranjit.puri@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We managed to put a STK500 board out of action, something
> went wrong during
> the firmware upgrade process (we installed the latest AVR
> studio), after
> which we got a verification error in studio ... followed
> by an upgrade
> failed message ...
> 
> We are now noticing the following symptoms
> 1. USB to RS232 converter, when connected to the STK, on
> its own and
> repeatedly connects and disconnects to the PC we surmise
> that the Bloader on
> the tiny2313 has conked off and is sending loads of funny
> data on the UART
> causing some buffer overflow or the like to occur in the
> converter and
> thereby periodically resetting it.
> 2. The status LED on the STK is a constant orange.
> 3. The Board is no longer detected by AVR studio and we
> are unable to
> manually re-program the onboard uCs with the .ebn file
> 
> Anyone wid any advice on how to get the STK500 back to
> its working self, Plz
> do reply..
> 
> A solution we are hoping will work (and we'll try this
> tomorrow) is to sniff
> tiny2313 firmware from another board and re-dump it into
> this board ... we
> donno if this is a feasible idea ... but we'll try ...
> 
> If u have a better Idea, or some insights due to a prev
> experience like the
> one above.. Plz Help !!
> 
> 
> Regards
> Ranjit
> 
> 
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> 

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