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About a week ago, I tried to use my Arduino Uno to program a a standalone atmega328p with optiboot. Not only was I unsuccessful, but now I can't upload sketches to the original atmega chip. The "L" stays lit even when I press the reset button.

So I ordered a AVR ISP MKII to either unbrick my Uno or bypass the bootloader and upload a sketch. I followed the tutorials to use the ISP in Ubuntu 12.04, I have the programmer set to AVRISP MKII and I tried to "Upload sketch using programmer". This is the response:

avrdude: stk500v2_command(): command failed
avrdude: stk500v2_program_enable(): bad AVRISPmkII connection status: Unknown status 0x00
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
         this check.
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I've never used Arduino IDE to upload via ISP, but did you check the (serial) port selection? – angelatlarge Apr 18 at 4:54
'The "L" stays lit' Where do you see that "L"? – jippie Apr 18 at 6:34
@jippie Maybe it is this‌​? – angelatlarge Apr 18 at 6:41
Sorry, I meant the "L" LED on the Arduino Uno that is connected to pin 13. – Justin Manuel Apr 18 at 19:08

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If your Uno's AVR is the 28-pin DIP, the cheapest, quickest, most painless way to fix it is to replace the chip with another boot-loader installed one, available from lots of suppliers.

An FTDI cable (USB-A -> serial TTL) is so easy and convenient to use with your standalone, there's no need to risk your development board.

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