In message Mike Harrison wrote: > Oh yes... not exactly obvious though.... > It wouldn't hurt for ICD2 to have given a warning message though - it > knows the supply voltage. Also note that the ICD2 firmware doesn't release RB6/RB7 after programming, even if the ICD2 is in Programmer mode (not ICD mode). I've had two ICD2s, and both of them do it. Hardware is fine, ergo the fault must be in the firmware. QED. Still haven't managed to get Mchip to acknowledge it though. Later. -- Phil. | Acorn RiscPC600 SA220 64MB+6GB 100baseT philpem@philpem.me.uk | Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxe R2 512MB+100GB http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Sony MZ-N710 NetMD Minidisc ... If at first you don't succeed, call it Version 1.0 -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist