It's been a long time!!!

[Normnet]

Try reversing the order:
OSCCON must always precede OSCTUNE

Been there done that.

Norm

Have you had a chance to try the above?
This issue also came up on another forum.


Norm

[Cobra_Phil]

I tried swapping the two lines and it did not make a difference. But, I have come to the conclusion I either have a faulty chip/board or the bootloader is not actually sending the program to the chip.