At 12.04 2005.05.02 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Have you contacted Microchip or a distributor (ie Arrow) to see about exchanging A3 parts for A4 or higher revision parts?
>>
>>I originally bought them off an eBay auction.
>>Moreover, to save space they are packed in a quite artigianal way (some, truly few, may have bent pins).
>>
>>Q: Should I still contact Microchip? :P
>The worst they can do is say "no".  But since you didn't buy them through an authorized distributor, you might not get "satisfaction".

Like to say that they produce junk silicon and then they find cavils to not have to fix all of them.. :(

What's the difference if they replace the 4MHz-only chips to me or to the eBay seller? None.. just an excuse not to do it!
 

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