Arduino Nano - programmer is not responding I cannot seem to upload the simple blink program to my Arduino Nano. I keep getting the message:

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03


What I have tried already with a lot of suggestions on Google. I have tried it on both a Windows 7 &amp; 8 machine and with 2 different Nano's:


Set my Board to Arduino Nano
Set my Processor to ATmega168
Set my port to COM1
On windows 8 turned off driver signature
Installed the FTDI Driver
Checked my drivers in control panel


USB controllers says USB Serial Converter
USB Serial port says USB Serial Port (COM1)

Rebooted a Lot!


When I plugin the nano to the USB it starts blinking the L led 180 times a minute. When I start uploading, L blinks at about 80-100 times a minute, blinks the rx and then start blinking the L led fast again.
For me the problem was the selected "processor" type.

I had to change it to 328p (old bootloader).

Also, raise the IDE's verbosity, in order to have a nice progress bar when loading the sketch.

My specs:


OS: Linux Mint 18.3
Linux kernel: 4.13.0-37-generic
Arduino IDE: v1.8.5
board: the cheap and common Nano Chinese clone
USB to serial chip: CH340