Contact Microchip Tech Support.  They've been VERY helpful to me on two
occasions, providing a list of things to try.  When they finish their
checklist, they'll send you a refurbished one with the understanding that
you'll send yours back to them.

Mike H.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:24 AM, <pic.list@gmx.ch> wrote:

> i usually use the icd2 as a programmer for pic16f87x.
>
> doing so, i was used to not be able to connect to the icd2 for the first
> time after booting the pc (ICD0019 and ICD0021 error messages).
>
> then i attached the icd2 to another usb port, and retried to connect and
> things went fine.
>
> this went like that for a few weeks now...
>
> but now, no matter to what port i connect the icd2, i always get the
> messages:
>
> ICD0019: Communications: Failed to open port (USB):
> (Windows::GetLastError() =3D 0x2. "Das System kann die angegebene Datei n=
icht
> finden")
> ICD0021: Unable to connect with  MPLAB ICD2 (USB)
>
> i rebooted, reinstalled mplab 8.40, tried other usb ports...nothing.
>
> no matter if the icd2 is attached to the pc or not, i always get this
> messages.
>
> looks like the pc did something weird to the icd2 driver, but i have no
> idea how to fix this (reinstalling mplab did not help).
>
> btw: the usb itself seems to be ok (it works if i attach a memorystick)
>
> what can i do?
> please help!
>
> thank you very much!
>
> tino
>
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