Hey thanks, i should have seen that right away! its always great to have someone else to look over your code. i don't know anyone else that writes. you're all i got. do any of you have any suggestions on what is a simpler way of loading eeprom values into hex files. i have just been using mplab's eeprom view, and then exporting the hex. i am using ic-prog. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/EEPROM-Read-Problems-tp18395862p18413437.html Sent from the PIC - [PIC] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist