JTAG chain not seen unless factory_load switch is set

Now I'm wondering about the MAX II Byte Blaster II. The LED that is stuck on is driven by the MAX II .. does it have internal FLASH ?

The attached section of the schematic indicates SCTX is the signal stuck on. ( yellow highlight ). There is a mismatch in the schematic

since the schematic says the associated LED is D9 but the silkscreen on my board says LED D8.

I may have to bring up the .brd file to determine which signal / LED is the actual one stuck on.

Anyone have any experience with the MAXII Byte Blaster ... is the RTL design available for me to determine why that LED would be stuck

on when I try JTAG operations and the SW4.3 , "factory_load" is not set on ie user mode ? ... does that mean I have some code in

the FLASH for the FPGA + NIOS that is loading on power up and shutting down the opening the JTAG loop or somehow shutting down JTAG

even when I only have the FPGA in the JTAG path . ie all other JTAG devices bypassed ? That us what the factory inferred .

Thanks in advance , Bob.

Also , any hints on getting the BTS to work ... ? I thought I could do a visual check on the FLASH contents on the card that is acting up

vs the good Arria V starter kit card.