Erik, try another fresh pic and see if this is the same, I had this too, but it didn't duplicate with other pics so maybe the chip has become destroyed somehow... might atleast save some time... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Werner" To: Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 7:42 AM Subject: [PIC]: 16F84 Newbie Question > Greetings, > > I'm new to this list, so please excuse this simple question, however: > > I built the simple serial programmer. You know the one, a few resisters, a > few diodes... When I use wither PIX (dos) or PicProg (windows), I can read, > verify and erase the chip. When I try to program, I get the following > error... > > Failed to program address 0000 (windows) > Blow program error at 0000h PIC=0000 0103 wanted. (dos) > > On the programmer, between pins 4 and 5 I have 14v, between 14 and 5 I have > 1v. > > Could this be because the program starts with ORG 0x000? I don't know what > I'm doing wrong. > > Thanks > > Erik > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics