Why not just increment the FSR through all memory, setting your preset value, then use it to read the value back... ---------- > From: The Jacky's > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: 73 RAM Test > Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 9:19 PM > > Hi All...Happy New Year! > > Just after power up my PIC 73 needs to run a quick RAM check then > initialize all RAM and special function registers to a known state. Any > nifty ideas?...Thanks in advance...gj