Can't load design for PCIe tab in BTS with transceiver starter kit

Before you can run the PCIe test;

1) You need it plugged into a PCIe motherboard slot.

2) You need the design configured *before* the BIOS enumerates the PCI/PCIe bus.

That last step can be a little tricky. There's couple of ways to do it;

1) Configure the board for passive serial configuration and load the PCIe BTS image in the flash so that the board is configured at power-on. This is the method you need to use if you want to turn the power-on to your PC and have the Cyclone board detected at each power-on.

2) Turn on your PC with the Cyclone board plugged in. Use Quartus to download the PCIe BTS image (it'll be in one of the install directories as a .sof file). Soft-reboot your machine by doing a restart (not a power-down). When your PC reboots, the BIOS will detect the Cyclone board as a PCIe device. Once Windows starts, you can run BTS and it should detect the configuration.

Yes, Altera's documentation leaves a little to be desired ...

I believe the above should work. If it doesn't let me know, and I'll try with the board I have.

Cheers,

Dave