Please keep in mind while reading this that although I'm a senior admin on
this list and I host the PICList site and make a living as a geek, I am NOT,
repeat NOT, a PIC guru. I mostly do SX and not much of that. And I'm better
with software than hardware. And I'm, more often that I like to admit... A
complete idiot. I always loved what Roman Black used to say: Genius involves
large swings from utter stupidity to pure brilliance and back. And of
course, you can filter out the stupidity... Anyway.

My ICD stopped working! Boo, hoo. I can't program '877 anymore.

Everything looks good, and it makes it all the way through the programming
cycle, but when I try to verify, the unit always shows 3FFF for each program
memory location in the chip except for the first location which always shows
2800 (and the first instruction in the program is 2828). The Voltages shows
around 5 volts (4.99 to 5.22) and the VPP at 12.73 to 14.5

I've tried different power adapters (all 9vCD out at .5 amp or better) one
12VDC 800ma (little warm on the 7805)

This is my second '877. I don't know if its good or if the chip itself has
been fried.

Any advice before I go try to find an actual pro in my area? And,
ahhhhaammmm... If you ARE an actual PRO in my area (Temecula to Escondido,
CA) what would it cost to bring this mess by for an hour?

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