A possible solution for 'error occurred while uploading the sketch' on your Arduino ATmega328P

If you have gotten the error while trying to upload a sketch to the Arduino (using the ATmega328P microcontroller such as the Nano) from the Arduino IDE "error occurred while uploading the sketch" this video might just help you.

[cowsongs]

THANK YOU. This was driving me mad. I thought that by now, no more of these were floating around with the old bootloader on them, but this fixed my problem. Whew.

[MajikaUKBand]

Really wish I'd found this before trying several other laborious solutions (e.g. burning the bootloader), that didn't work! Many thanks for sharing this top tip, that worked!

[NamLe-wnie]

Thank you sir, it cost me a night before I saw your video.

[cindyculbertson]

The processor section of Arduino IDE doesn't exist anymore, or at least I can't find it, now how do I fix it?

[SenseofScience]

Not all heroes wear capes . Thank you so much 😊😊. Liked and subscribed

[afaneh]

life saver thaaaannnnkkkk youuuu much love for you man

[markkennard]

I have many sketches I don't want to keep. How are these deleted please ?

[timthedude]

i dont even see old bootloader option

[kanna]

I can see my port but whenever i try to upload my code, this shows up:

ketch uses 1486 bytes (4%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32256 bytes.
Global variables use 200 bytes (9%) of dynamic memory, leaving 1848 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x34
Failed uploading: uploading error: exit status 1

[jelnkae]

thank you so much i was about to throw it out i bought some cheap arduino and thought maybe it just doesnt work

[RM_MOTORS]

i'm trying this but here is an issue that when i upload the programme then it is showing error and not uploading the code
please help me i have to submit this as a project tomorrow

[s.a.santhoshkarthikeyan]

sir i cant see any processer option in the tools

[abelstar]

i have the same problem but old bootloader isn't showing up im on IDE 2.1.0

[Mrinmoye_]

While using arduino uno, no such option appears. This option shows up only for arduino nano. How to solve this issue for arduino uno?

[sprrez]

Could this will work for ARDUINO UNO board? Im a beginner and im afraid if it damages the board?

[dodokendo]

Doesnt work I still cant get my arduino to load