At 09:47 PM 6/17/2009, uaca man wrote:

>some times the led turns on, some times it just
>does nothing until i come close to the PCB and than it turns on just like a
>miracle.
>
>// Config: ext reset, no code protect, no brownout detect, no watchdog,
>//         power-up timer enabled, 4MHz int clock
>__CONFIG(MCLREN & UNPROTECT & BORDIS & WDTDIS & PWRTEN & INTIO);

Take a closer look at the above config line.  Reset pin is ENABLED.

Do you have pin 4 (MCLR) tied to +5V?  If not, try connecting pin 4 
to pin 1 via a 10k resistor.

dwayne

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