16F876A Bootloader Problem

[Ashleyr01]

Hello, i am a newbie at this, but here goes. I am using PBPro with the MeLabs compiler, not MElabs Plus. The hardware is an OEM. Everything was working fine until I try to program a new 16F876A chip. I get the message to reset the chip. Resetting doesn't work.....talked with the supplier and he tells me that I must buy another chip with the Bootloader installed. My question is what hardware/software do I need to burn the new chip with the Bootloader?
Also is it possible to burn the new chip using another loader?
Thanks,
R. Ashley

[Charles Linquis]

You have to load the bootloader with a PIC programmer first. The bootloader is
a small program that runs in your PIC at startup.
After the bootloader program is loaded into the PIC, you can use the bootloader from that point on.

If you are using MCLOADER, the appropriate file would be 16F876A_04.HEX or
16F876A_20.HEX, depending on what speed you are running your device.