Propeller P8X32A?

[ABearden]

16x PLL with a 5MHz crystal. Further reading leads me to believe it corroded the internal bus for the PLL as it doesn't die until set to 8x. Someone on the forum theorized that the cross-chip power rail runs too close to the PLL and when the heat degrades the PLL connection it merely increases the resistance which is why it still works on the 4x and lower, but not at the 8x and 16x settings that require more power.

Yup, 20Mhz now which should still work; thanks for the offer though. There are examples of people doing video stuff with an Arduino at 16Mhz, I should be able to get by with 8 cores at 20Mhz. I'm seeing what I can do about an 80MHz external oscillator. Might get incorporated into the design even if I replace the chip so I'm not relying on an unreliable PLL design.