Cannot upload sketches to Menta

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Hi, I soldered together a Menta according to the instructions. The solder joints all look good. When I plug in external or USB power, the green power LED lights up. But when I press the reset button, nothing happens. (I understand from the instructions that the red LED should flash.) When I try to upload a sketch, I get the following error:

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

How should I go about troubleshooting the device?

[adafruit_support_rick]

Are you attempting to use this with the Arduino IDE? How are you connecting to the menta? FTDI friend/FTDI cable? Have you selected the correct serial port in the IDE?

Post clear, detailed, focused pictures of both sides of the Menta board.

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Thanks for your hints!

- I'm using the Arduino IDE.
- I'm connecting with an FTDI cable
- The correct serial port is set.

My sister is making hi-res pictures of the board, I'll post them as soon as I get them. The solder joints look perfectly OK to me.

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Here are two pictures of the board:

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[adafruit_support_rick]

Hmmm ... that all looks good.
Try the procedure outlined here:
http://joekanedesign.com/blog/2012/11/a ... -solution/

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Tried it a couple of times, didn't work The red LED blinks once, almost exactly when the stk500_recv() error message appears on screen. Any more ideas?

[adafruit_support_bill]

If the red led is not flashing on reset, you may have a bad (or missing) boot loader (the assembly looks fine). Contact support@adafruit.com with a link to this thread and ask for a replacement Menta processor.