Hiya, folks...

I have an application circuit including a PIC16F88 and a 20MHz crystal 
set up on a breadboard.  The circuit works, but the PICkit 2 programmer 
I'm using won't recognize or reprogram it as-is.  By process of 
elimination, I've found that the programmer consistently works when the 
crystal is removed, but consistently fails when the crystal is in place.

The crystal is connected to the CLKI and CLKO pins, each with a 22pF cap 
bridging to ground.  Both the application circuit and the programming 
problem remain unchanged whether or not the caps are present.

The workaround I'm currently employing (remove/replace as necessary) 
will cease to work when I've moved from the breadboard to something more 
permanent.  Is there something I can do to get the Pk2 working while the 
crystal is still installed?

Thanks
dro
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