Arduino Uno R3 not working after shorting 5V to GND While wiring up my new Arduino Uno R3 on a proto-board, I accidentally shorted the 5V pin directly to Ground. The LED's immediately turned off and connection was lost. It was powered by USB connection. After 3-5 seconds I removed the short. The LED's have remained out, and I haven't been able to reestablish connection with my computer since. I've unplugged and re-plugged the USB cable and tried the re-set button plenty of times. This short shouldn't have fried the board...  what happened? How can I get my Arduino working again??
Have you tried restarting the computer? The computer will shut down the USB port to protect it from a malfunction like this (over-current).

You can also try the ports on the other side of the computer (or front/back) as they're usually on different controllers.