Joe,

I am not sure what you mean. Are you saying if maybe the caps got shorted when solder?mmm... you know what I have not checked on that.

After opening a ticket with Microchip, they could not help me much either. They thought that maybe I damaged the crystal when I solder it. Which I suppose it could be a possibility.

Since I had to order new boards anyways, I placed the XTAL closer to the PIC (Maybe 15-30mils closer) and the new boards work fine. So I am not sure what happen before but I guess it is one of those items I will not find out what happen without using up more time that I already have.

Thanks for the help.