AVR-Chat

> > My problem is that everything works fine when the clock
> > fuses are set for internal 1 MHz (chip default) but,
> > when I attempt to set the fuses for operation with the
> > board-mounted 8 MHz crystal the chip acts like it does
> > not have any clock running. 

Hang on a minute, how are you programming this board? If you're using
ISP and the clock really isn't running, you would not be able to program
it back to internal osc once you'd set it to external - the ISP would
stop working.

-- 
Tim Mitchell