Hi, Shawn
MCLR is the " Manual reset " pin
BOR is the " Voltage Supply weakness " reset ... to avoid unwanted behaviour.
Now ...
MCLR has "absolute priority" over everything ...
Remember all ports are left inputs @ Power-Up and nothing is sure until you write what you want to get ...
Alain
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Why insist on using 32 Bits when you're not even able to deal with the first 8 ones ??? ehhhhhh ...
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IF there is the word "Problem" in your question ...
certainly the answer is " RTFM " or " RTFDataSheet " !!!
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