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[Franko]

Darrel,

I hope I'm missing something and not just being a dimwit,but when I click on the link "Download XP_stop_polling.reg (1K)"at meLabs all that comes up is the text. I don't see any place to choose run or anything. Bad link or ???

Thanks

[Darrel Taylor]

Somethings probably messed up the association with the .reg files.

Right click on the link and choose Save Target As..., and save the file to your hard disk.

Open regedit, and go to the File | Import dialog and locate the file that you saved.

Darrel

[Franko]

OK, The reason the file wasn't working is because I was using Firefox as my browser and the meLab site evidently doesn't support it for that kind of file.

I changed back to IE and the file worked perfect.Now I keep getting the unable to start driver PICLPTNT error.

This happened before and I got it working but I can't remeber how I fixed it before.

Thanks for the help and your patience.

[Franko]

I removed the PICLPTNT driver and reinstalled it as administrator and that took care of that, I checked the registry and the stop polling file is there.

The last,most persistant problem is "code programing error 0000".
No matter what PIC is in the epic or none at all. I'm using the same EPIC,same cable,same power supply that worked perfect on the old laptop.

Does anyone have any other ideas ? I appreciate all the help.

Thanks,

Franko

[Melanie]

Do a forum search on "error 0000". Your problem is probably covered in the list.

[Franko]

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

[yettie]

franko,

i'm using the EPIC parallel programmer at 15V input. Verify that you opened the correct HEX file by opening the View-Code (MENU). Of course 3FF means nothing.

regards,