Had one of those warm fuzzy moments where you're on the verge of throwing a piece of hardware in the dumpster when somehow you stumble over the tiny nugget of information that has been evading you ever since the problem arose.
http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=1069102#1069102
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