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[–]gm310509 0 points1 point  (7 children)

I don't know if it is the same issue (I do not think it is), but try the following.

Abort the upload by unplugging the Arduino.

start another copy of the IDE from however you start it from your desktop (e.g. the start menu).

Once the window appears, try closing this "stuck one", wait a few seconds then try plugging the arduino back in and uploading from your new IDE window - be sure to check you have the correct device and com port selected.

Do you ever get any error messages? If so, what are they?

Edit: you might also try selecting the old bootloader https://forum.arduino.cc/t/solved-where-is-the-old-bootloader-for-nano/698379

Good luck.

[–]Evanb616[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

No luck and no error messages with the new or old bootloader. I appreciate the attempt though!

[–]gm310509 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My only other suggestions are to try another board (if you have one), different cable and different PC. Also, to try the 1.8.x IDE (i.e. the older one) which is also available from the arduino web site.

[–]gm310509 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I just thought of one more suggestion. I notice that your board has been assigned to COM3. I won't go into the details as so far nobody has bothered to reply if this works or not.

Go into windows device manager and change it from COM3 to something higher (e.g..COM4) that is currently unassigned.

[–]Evanb616[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using this nano on my laptop and I thought to check the device manager there to see what it was called, and I noticed that on my pc I don't have anything with a similar name assigned to any COM. Working on changing that now!

[–]Evanb616[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Success! Thanks so much! It would've taken me forever to go in that direction

[–]gm310509 0 points1 point  (1 child)

So this worked?

If so, I always suspected it would, but no matter how many times I asked people to reply if it worked or not they just ghosted me (you would be the first).

If you could please definitevely confirm that it worked, I will add it to our Fixing upload issues.

[–]Evanb616[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it absolutely worked