DC Boarduino Kit (72) assembly went well. Performed all interim steps and what was supposed to blink and light up, did.
Following theassembly procedures, and not knowing the consequences, Installed Ceramic Capacitor C6.
Using the FTDI Cable (70), connected the Boarduino to the PC. The PC recognizes the FTDI on COM11 running Arduino 1.0.
Power light stays on throughout. Pressing the reset button would make the Red LED blink 3 times.
I then attempted load the standard BLINK sketch from Examples/Basics/Blink. It compiled normally.
During the upload, the Red LED blinked six times in succession, then shortly after, two more times, and I got an error code:
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
If I then open the Serial Monitor, the Red LED blinks 3 times, like at reset.
When I close the serial monitor, the Red LED blinks 3 times.
If I clip the C6 Cap to run without it:
Reset button makes Red LED blink 3 times. Compile runs normally.
During upload, no lights blink on Boarduino and get the same error:
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
This same FTDI cable has been used to configure multiple Xbees successfully.
Tried to attach photos, but was unsuccessful.
Thank you.

