solarwind wrote: > I'm sure you don't want to hear this either, but you should RTFP. You are waaaay out of line here. If I were a admin, I would now suspend your account for a week. No more help for you until you learn some humility. > I've stated that the same 16F690 chip when pulled from the demo board > and inserted onto the breadboard works flawlessly. No fancy pullup > resistors or decoupling capacitors. More wrong conclusions, but I don't feel like explaining right now. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist