On 7/14/05, Spehro Pefhany <speff@interlog.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> >OK Sherlock, you convinced me, thats the problem. But what's the
> >solution?
> 
> Use a more tolerant crystal, a crystal with lower Rs, lower the
> Vdd, add a series resistor, lower the load capacitor values.
> All have side effects (the last three will prevent the oscillator from
> starting if taken to extremes).
> 
> The easiest solution, if accuracy isn't much of a concern, is to slap a
> 20MHz resonator in there, as, I think, you suggested earlier. More rugged,
> starts faster,

  starts faster ? many times does not starts at all... in any XT or HS
mode and need to change vendors till find the right piece.

Vasile

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