Hi

I tried with a new bread board from radioshack. same issue.
i checked with multimeter the power from the pullup resistor to ground is giving 1.24 volts and from VDD it is 5.08. is there any way to blame this 16f84A but i am wondering if i take off the VSS then the led is constantly ligting up and the power is 0.79. i am planning to order another pic16f84a and try. i already tried with 2 pics. Is there any known institutes in Newjersey. brother if you are residing in USA, i can send it to you by post. i am trying this for the past 4 weeks to fix this... any suggestions...........Hmmmmmm