i have set the mplab to not supply power to the target, and it still it doesn't recognize it. i was told that it could be because, whether i choose for the mplab to power the target or not, is through pin 2 that the mplab recognizes the target as being powered. so, because that pin is missing, even though the target is properly powered, the mplab keeps sending errors ( when i connect the mplab to the target, and the target is powered by an external source this is what appears on the screen:

Connecting to MPLAB ICD 2
...Connected
Setting Vdd source to target
ICDWarn0020: Invalid target device id (expected=0x4D, read=0x0)
...Reading ICD Product ID
Running ICD Self Test
... Failed Self Test. See ICD2 Settings (status tab) for details.
MPLAB ICD 2 Ready

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