Hi all, thank you so much for helping me. I dont know what i am doing wrong. I have now got a new PIC (PIC16F84A) and it will stilll do the same thing. I have checked the connections, and all are OK. I have tried to remove the charge caps, but it does not help. I have checked the MCLR, and it does have +5 on it. The only way i can make anything work here is by touching OSC1 with my bare hand, like i am giving it ground or somting. Sorry, i am not too good at this, and still only learning. What else can i try?

Thank you

Mark