AVR-Chat

Russell Shaw wrote:
> Kathy Quinlan wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Well I am pissed, I had a batch of boards I built, one did not work, 
>> would not go into program mode :(
>>
>> I tried everything, and in desperation replaced the AVR chip, low and 
>> behold it worked :(
>>
>> So I was shipped a dead Mega128 :( wonder how many others are on the tray :(
>>
>> (Yes I use all antistatic precautions, wrist strap, hot air Iron, never 
>> had a dead AVR on delivery before, and this is the first batch of -AU 
>> parts (lead free))
> 
> I had a "dead" avr once, but figured out the oscillator amplifier had
> extra low gain and the crystal wouldn't work. Applying an external
> clock made it work.

This is a Mega 128 in factory default internal Osc (I assume it is 
internal osc).

All the others worked well, and my default fuse settings (which I set 
before programming (un check CKOPT, move from M103 compat etc)



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