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16 years ago

Dev Kit and Dell "Training Error"

We recently acquired two Altera Stratix IV GX Development Kits. When I insert the Altera card into the X8 lane PCIe slot in a PowerEdge 6950, I receive an "PCIe Training Error Slot# " and the...
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16 years ago

I've been informed that by updated the PCIe megacore, this issue will be resolved.... which has introduced a whole new set of issues.

Given actions and communications (or lack of) from Altera... It's apparent that Altera doesn't stand behind the products they sell (or their word for that matter).

Regardless, I need to try and get this working... has anyone had success in flashing the PCIe megacore into the Stratix IV GX Development Kit? I've tried to take the Stratix IV example Quartus projects for PCIe on the Altera website, following the Altera directions... and have had zero success in programming the flash.

Could someone give me a pointer on how to program the flash on this device?