AVR-Chat

At 10:56 PM 31/03/2006, you wrote:
>an Atmega8 based board where the
>processor won't start the program unless the
>avrisp dongle is connected.

I guess the first 2 things I would check are:

1) Is the power supply correct without the dongle?
2) Is the reset pin high without the dongle?

Regards

John Samperi

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