Hi Bob, I use the ICD2 dally with MPlab 8.10 and it works fine, it never locked up on me. Best Regards Luis -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of bob.axtell@gmail.com Sent: 08 January 2009 22:47 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [PIC] MPLAB ICD2 burial You will experience problems with the ICD2 if you are using WinXP with MPLAB later than version 7.6. MPLAB7.4 and 7.6 are the only versions of MPLAB that reliably handle the ICD2. I operate for days without the slightest problems with MPLAB7.4; but MPLAB v8 will choke at least once an hour. I have no idea why. --Bob On 1/5/09, Tony Vandiver wrote: > Hi Dwayne, > > Thanks for the tip - turns out the ICD2 is o.k. - I had another bad > cable in the system supplying power to the target. What's wierd is that > first, it came up reading the chip signature as zero - that's typical > when the system isn't communicating with the target, but next it started > saying that it failed the self test, and after a couple more tries, it > stopped communicating at all saying that it had lost the USB > connection. I rebooted everything and tried again and got the same self > test failure (this test probably needs a powered target - I'm not sure, > but I didn't think so since one of the things it's checking is the MCLR > programming voltage - in this case it was reporting it low, and surely > that's not supplied by the target?). That's when I gave up and tried > the PICKIT2 and everything was rosy (after I figured out that I had a > bad power supply cable to the target). It finally dawned on me that the > ICD2 might be o.k. so I tried it and version 8.15a downloaded a new OS > for me and now I'm programming again. So now I've got another ICD2 on > the way and a working PICKIT2 and ICD2 on the bench - life is good. I > suppose the moral of the story is not to call an ICD2 dead until it's > actually been buried for a few days, and it always helps to have another > programmer on hand to verify the target. > > Thanks, > > Tony > > > Dwayne Reid wrote: >> At 05:44 PM 1/5/2009, Tony Vandiver wrote: >> >> >>> (I'm sure that eventually it will even be worth the money it'll cost >>> to replace the ICD2). >>> >> >> Here's the nice thing about the ICD2: it won't cost you a penny to >> have it fixed. Head on over to support.microchip.com and register if >> you have not already done so. Then request support. >> >> It will take a day or so for someone to get back to you but they will >> wind up sending you a refurbished ICD2 along with return packaging >> and instructions for your dead unit. >> >> Quick and painless! >> >> dwayne >> >> >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist