> Has anyone an plausible explanation for this kind of behaviour ? > Or has anyone seen such behaviour before ? i've had something similar with my picsquirt programmer, if unplugged and plugged in again rapidly it often fails to come up properly, if left for a couple of hours after this it starts working fine. i guessed it wasn't resetting properly or something and stuck a 1K bleed resistor on the power rails, since then i have had no issues with the one that has the bleed resistor fitted. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist