From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 08:57:55 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A79316ED00EA; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:57:55 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <6.007DCDC7@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:43:49 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 5279 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:43:44 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 4233; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:41:43 -0500 Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:41:42 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca Received: from pd2mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr3so-ser.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.108]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H5M001ESM7VO7@l-daemon> for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:38:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml8so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.152]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H5M00DCKM7VDI@l-daemon> for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:38:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from UALBERTA.ca (h24-79-141-241.ed.shawcable.net [24.79.141.241]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H5M00LZJM7TIH@l-daemon> for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:38:19 -0700 (MST) MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en References: <00e001c28bfc$d5792120$0a01a8c0@djm> <000501c28c18$83fc02b0$0300a8c0@main> <000e01c28c37$65405500$0a01a8c0@djm> <3DD50683.7257@ezy.net.au> Message-ID: <3DD5232E.9BF18C37@UALBERTA.ca> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:39:10 -0700 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Robert Rolf Organization: U of Alberta Subject: Re: [PIC]:failed data location? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600697 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 00000788-0000 I'd be more inclined to demand that the whole date code batch be replaced. If the production masks were off by a bit, then the WHOLE LOT is likely to eventually fail. R Roman Black wrote: > > Dennis J. Murray wrote: > > > I've got 6 of these units in the field, and this is the most recent - > > installed in May (the oldest was put in the field in Dec 01). They're ALL > > running the same code and only this one failed. It failed hard > > Send that chip back to Microchip and demand a > replacement. And always assume that SOME chips > will be faulty although PICs are generally pretty > good. > -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.