Also make sure you specifically selected XT or HS ocsillator.  I chased my
tail for an hour before figuring out the programmer defaulted to RC, and I
hadn't changed it.

Dale

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Tony Nixon wrote:

> Kieran Miller wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a PIC 16F874 sitting in a socket on my PCB, and as far as I am aware,
> > it's simply refusing to start up.
>
> Make all unused port pins outputs to avoid floating inputs.
>
> Read the chip contents back with your programmer and "verify" that the
> code and fuse settings are correct.
>
> Make sure LVP or DEBUG is not enabled.
>
> Make sure both VCC and VDD pins are connected.
>
> Check that MCLR is connected to VCC
>
> --
> Best regards
>
> Tony
>
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