Hi all,

Well, I increased the voltage in the Epic via VR1 from 13.4v to 13.7v and it stopped giving the error code 0000 and indicated that it was programming and verifing with no problem. But it actually was not programming the PIC at all.

So, after trying everyones ideas and mine, I've switched back to my old 98SE laptop and will order a serial Epic soon."I don't know what else I can do"

And I did do searches here and at the meLabs site also, but still ???

Thank you all for your time and kind and helpful responses !

Franko