In the second step of the PICkit troubleshooting you try to verify the VPP , however I get this error messages "short or very heavy load on VPP was detected"
I can not post schematic of the circuit.. this is a commercial board. I have use the PIC to program several or quite a few boards with this Pic.. I believe that I have place the PIC on incorrectly... just was wondering if I would have to buy a new PIC... or figure out what device is damaged because of " incorrect polaity" placement.