Are you using an external oscillator? Keep in mind the f877 doesn't have a
built in oscillator.

Quoting "mr. man" <thirdratepunk@YAHOO.COM>:

> Hi,
> I bought Myke Predko's "Programming and Customizing
> PIC Micro Microcontrollers." I'm using the El Cheapo
> board, software and MPLAB 6.1. I tried the "ledon"
> experiment and it worked with a 16F84A, then I tried a
> 16F877, it programmed and verified OK but when I put
> it in the circuit the LED turned on and stayed on
> regardless or input. I tried the home built version of
> el cheapo and got the same results. I saw some posts
> about Low Voltage Programming mode (LVP) and tried a
> 10K from RB3 to ground but got the same results.
> Has anyone gotten the el cheapo to work with the
> 16F877?
>
> Thank you,
> Bill
>
>
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