Quote Originally Posted by Darrel Taylor View Post
I suppose it's possible, but I'd look for other problems first, like ...

Do you have a pull-up resistor on the MCLR pin? Or have you disabled MCLR in the configs.
I set MCLR off and am using INTOSC_NOCLKOUT. I double and triple checked my wiring, and I did have a generic led blinking program running on this board to ensure I had a functioning setup. The lcd backlight comes on when I apply power....but no text.

Is there anything else in the CONFIG that could prevent this from working besides MCLR and oscillator?