If you use the MPLAB-ICD, make sure you remove the debugging monitor (uncheck the box) when you run the board by itself. Barry >I have a very strange thing happending with my PIC. >I mounted it in a proto-board and recorded a simple programa. >At first it doesn't work. >Waiting aprox. 1 minute, it beguins to work (sometimes). >Sometimes, when I touch GND, it works again. Sometimes, not. >It works when it wants... >Augusto de Conto -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu