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I'm really at my wits end. For a couple of hours I have been programming a custom board that uses everything as on the Arduino Leonardo. A few hours ago I am not able to upload anymore.

I get the following error:

   avrdude: error: buffered memory access not supported. 
   Maybe it isn't a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?

I've tried everything from re-installing the IDE, re-installing the board in Device Manager, changing the COM Port. I really just don't know anymore.

Here is some more data that might be relevant or useful:

     Using Port                     :\\.\COM6 
     Using Programmer              : avr109
     Overriding Baud Rate          : 57600
     AVR Part                      : ATmega32U4
     Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
     PAGEL                         : PD7
     BS2                           : PA0
     RESET disposition             : dedicated
     RETRY pulse                   : SCK
     serial program mode           : yes
     parallel program mode         : yes
     Timeout                       : 200
     StabDelay                     : 100
     CmdexeDelay                   : 25
     SyncLoops                     : 32
     ByteDelay                     : 0
     PollIndex                     : 3
     PollValue                     : 0x53

[EDIT] I've now checked the battery (yes with a multimeter), it is fully charged, as it charges when the USB is connected. I've also tried a different computer, along with a different USB cable.

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  • Did you try telling it to use the incorrect programmer?
    – Treesrule14
    Commented Nov 6, 2014 at 12:59
  • Do you mean changing the programmer within the IDE? It is currently set to AVRISP mkll. I've now tried all the alternatives available in the IDE, still no luck.
    – Ricium
    Commented Nov 6, 2014 at 15:55
  • What IDE are you using? Do you have the arduino bootloader installed?
    – Treesrule14
    Commented Nov 6, 2014 at 16:26
  • The standard Arduino IDE, tried both 1.0.6 and 1.5.8. And yes, the bootloader is installed as I have previously uploaded sketches to the board
    – Ricium
    Commented Nov 6, 2014 at 17:37

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Try this:

First: you must find the COMx used for your "Arduino Leonardo" in the "Device Manager" of Windows.

Second: make double click to see the properties of the device, and go to the "Port configuration tab"

Third: enter in "Avanced Options" and deactivate "Use FIFO buffers", and accept all changes.

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  • Tried it, still nothing. Do you think the bootloader may have caused a random error, or get corrupted or something? - is that even possible. I'll try to reload the bootloader, and see if it works (this part is still new to me), but I would like to know what causes this error? Maybe then I can stop it from happening in the future. Thank you for the reply
    – Ricium
    Commented Nov 8, 2014 at 13:32
  • Always check if you didn't accidentally blow the crystal! But thank you, checked on another Leonardo board, this worked.
    – Ricium
    Commented Dec 2, 2014 at 6:04

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