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Hi Folks,

I'm working with the ATMEGA48V and I've been happily working with my
prototype board for a month now and all of a sudden I'm getting the
following error message when I try and program the chip:

WARNING: FLASH byte address 0x0000 is 0x00 (should be 0x1E).. FAILED!

Does this mean the chip is no good? Is there a work-around? Of course
it's a SMT chip and it's going to be a bear to replace it.

Thanks,

Richard Cooke
Lake Forest, CA USA