Hello I am trying to repair a monster HTS 3600 mkII surge protector. I already know that one of the PIC chips is bad or corrupt. From what I can tell, this PIC controls the display, dimming, and possibly other features which are unknown to me at this point. All the outputs seem to be working as well as the remote input. I have another HTS 3600 that is working fine. My question is if I purchase a new chip (16C72A) and used a PIC programmer to read the chip from my good unit and write the code to the new PIC? Basically just cloning it. My concerns are I would hate to damage or corrupt the code on the good chip while trying to read it. I am also aware that the PIC might be protected to where I cannot read it at all or even worse, if there is some kind of fuse programmed in to blow or corrupt it if one tries to read it.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
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