bootloader does not work..

[ScaleRobotics]

Maybe there is a problem with the way the max232 is wired up? Can you take a close up picture of your setup and post it?

Here is an example from the PicDem2 board:

[supratik]

Thanks Scalerobotics for all the help I just realise I need a hardware chip programmer to load the "bootstrap" to a BLANK chip. Then only I can use with MAX232. I used PIC Kit 2. Now its working fine with the same MAX232 circuit you attached....