In article <79c86763.349c4b0e@aol.com>, FScalini writes >I have the same error problem. The alternate driver from microchip helps a >little, but i usually have to try about 10 times before the programmer is >enabled and i can program the PIC. Keep trying over and over and see what >happens. ditto mine - they must have had a lot of complaints if there's a design fault - typical of Microchip to keep quiet about it! (much like the unerasable code fuse 'feature) Jim -- Jim Main