Thanks for the link, Darrel. I have no problem with a splash screen or whatever on an upgrade that's free. Where is the link from to get to that page BTW? I'd swear I spent 20 minutes last night trying to find out if I could get free updates on the Epic software to no avail. Thanks everyone, now I just have to work out if I have a dud 16f628A or not.

Has anyone else encountered the whole 'it can read, but not write' thing before?