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Hi Kathy,

Is it possible you had a bad solder joint on that board that made the 
AVR appear dead?

Regards,
Les.

On 17 Apr 2006 at 17:42, Kathy Quinlan wrote:

> 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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> 
> Kat.
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