Is this the basis behind the "glitch" removal of code protection? Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Roman Black wrote: > Yes. :o) When the micro gets a BAD spike, ie current > through the die in either direction, it can corrupt > all registers including stack and program counter. > The little flip flops in the registers get flipped > and flopped, often towards the direction of the spike, > (which can be used to "force" ram in some cases) -- 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