Quote Originally Posted by dragons_fire View Post
well, if i get the second one going, i may send it to you if ya want... i really only need one, but its still easier and cheaper to get 2 made...
I'll send it back when I'm done. And you might want to know what's wrong before you do the second one.

i can program it, and it draws very little current, so i dont think the power pins are shorted. and if the I/O pins were shorted, i should still have voltage on my pin since im making every pin high.

the only problems i could see from shorting, is if i shorted an i/o to ground, and its pulled too much current. or if mclr is connected to ground or something else it shouldnt be...
On the right side of the last picture I posted, there are 2 lines.
The bottom one is pointing to a via that is between GND and one of the oscillator pins.
If that ones shorted, it probably won't draw much current, but the oscillator won't work.
And if there's no OSC, then shorts on the other pins won't draw current either, cause they never get turned on.

But again, no way to know without an ohmmeter.
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