> > :) Sounds like you need a crossover guy.. I happen to know one.
>
> So is it easy for me to guess his name? <g>


Dave something or other.. :)



> And what is this and how do I check it?
> This that fuse word?


Yes.  I'd pull the data sheets on the pic and crystal, and schematics, and
sit down with the board and a scope.


>From the contractor over a year ago I got
>        On the programmer setting, set code protect on, wdt on, low
> voltage
>        programming (if that is an option) off, brown out detect on,
> power up
>        time enabled, XT (crystal).


Sounds basically right.. It may also be a problem with drive level or cap
selection on the crystal caps.  Xtals have a drive level spec that you need
to observe, and I would also check oscillation margin, though that's more of
a startup thing.

Then of course walking through the code, looking for timing issues, or maybe
an int that happens during a read, or someone stepping on the data after
it's been read.



>
> Sounds like this is what I need to check then.


If the clock dosen't sing right, then nothing else is dependable.
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