40106 oscillator trouble

[computer at sea]

Has this happened to anyone else?

Occasionally when breadboarding a circuit (and sometimes on a soldered circuit) with a few oscillators off the 40106 one will stop working. As far as I can tell when this happens there aren't loose connections.

I can make oscillators on other pins but not in the spot that's the root of the trouble.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

PS: 9volts

[tjookum]

yeah well, I would say part of the deal of getting 6 oscillators out of a 30c chip .
But the more correct answer would be static from your hands. cmos are very sensitive to this and you might have fried a portion of the chip.

[Ajax]

If you arent using all of the inputs, tie them to ground with a pulldown resistor. Without em, things can get a bit wonky Also try moving the chip to another area on the breadboard, just in case.