>> It loads from EEPROM, and so the code allows the user to check >> the value and its wrong > >How does the data get in the EEPROM in the first place ? Sounds >more like feral s/w than bad chips I was thinking about uninitialized variables - again feral software. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist