> > Just don't ever tied unused Vdd pins to ground ;-)
> >
> LOL! What's wrong with that? :-)

At the weekend I re-wired a breadboard from a 12F675 to an
F88 but didn't remember to swap the analyser ground from the
right to the left of the breadboard. For a good 15 minutes I couldn't
figure out why the analyser wasn't working. Then smelled "heat".
The analyser's flimsy E-Z Hook ground was connected to the
5V rail. Its wire was hot and the tip all melty and she not so good
looking no more. Luckily it was the PSU taking the strain, not the
USB

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