On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:36 PM, solarwind wrote:

> Actually, the PIC wont start because it has no power. I win.

Of course it won't start.  That backward tantalum caused a literal  
short on VCC.  See the solder blobs around the cap?  Either that is  
some mighty nasty soldering, or else that cap got mighty hot when the  
board was powered.

Joe


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