> Have you tried another crystal ? It may simply be that the one > you have there is poked. Yep - same thing. There's another crystal on board for a different chip, and it's dancing away merrily at 14.7456MHz, so I know my scope's working properly. > Do you think 10k is a bit high for an LED ? 1k won't hurt the PIC > and it would give you a more definite illumination. Probably, but it was what I had to hand at the time... I suppose a damaged PIC could stop the oscillator - I'll maybe try changing it. Kieran