Xiaofan, That is why I like ZIF sockets :) Can you recommend any good book for basic RF theory. The current book I am reading does not seem to cover RF basics well enough. Thanks, john PS: I build my ICD2 clone partly b'cos I can repair any damage to the ICD2 clone during development. --- Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On 4/14/06, kravnus wolf wrote: > > Sigh............. I expected better QC from > > microchip. > > > > > > john > > ICD2 and PICkit 2 are both a bit fragile. I will > think this has > less to do with QC but more with the design. The > design does > not handle user error well enough. > > Still they are designed as a development programmer > anyway. > > Regards, > Xiaofan > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist