I do not know yet how the fuses are programmed, my chips are blank so if it is looking for an external crystal/oscillator/resonator how should I set one up? I have 16MHz and 20MHz crystals on hand but like I said the L version of the chip can only run at 8MHz tops. Thanks a ton for your help thus far!
Well, as I said above, read the data sheet re the clock source for an unprogrammed chip. You’ll need a crystal.