Help programming WP 34s

[merlin04]

Thanks for the help. I looked over the thread you linked, and I couldn't find anything that I thought I could try except for different programming cables (which I only want to try after I exhaust all other options, as this was intended to be a Christmas gift so I wouldn't have time to order a new cable). I've also tried an Arduino Nano (following the guide in the sourceforge repo), and it didn't work either. I usually use Linux, but I wanted to use MySamBa so I tried using Windows (I didn't know about the other tools until I had already downloaded everything).

I always press the on button before I flash, so I think it would be on when I flash it.

I have a multimeter, an adjustable power supply, and one of those $20 oscilloscopes.

The exact wording from MySamBa is "Error: Unable to Connect," and the other flashing tool says it didn't get a response from the calculator.