>OK, but my programmer uses High Voltage programming so >this shouldn't be an issue. Be careful. It can be an issue until you have disabled the LVP bits in the config word. Ay least until then you do need to take care of it. IIRC it is also a problem on some of the 16F62x chips even when LVP is disabled. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.