12F675 Stops working

Hi there, having some problems with the 12f675

btw, I'ma new pic programmer, so i'm very much a newb.

so, i have the typical blink the led on gpio.0

i have vdd and vss setup 3 volts

so, i noticed that the pic runs for about 2 seconds then stops...

i figured that there was something wrong with my bread board,maybe intermiitent connectiviy or something...

THEN, i realized that when i touched the pins with my fingure trying to push it back onto the board the pic would start again...

to make a long story short,it seems i must have vdd in gpio.3 as well????

it works when i do this, ive tried 3 other chips, same issue.

why must i supply power to this pin as well????

thanks
clonus

If MCLR is not disabled in your configuration bit settings then the GP3/MCLR pin must be pulled up to VDD.

Are you setting the configuration bits in your source files? Are you disabling the MCLR function in your configuration bit settings?

perfect

well, that worked perfect!


thanks!
Clonus