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10 years ago

MAX V Board test system: No USB Blaster detected

I am brand new to Altera stuff so I got the Max V dev kit and I am going to start learning but I have a snag here. It says No USB Blaster detected, even though I installed the driver and its right th...
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10 years ago

Hi nickw1881,

What version of Windows are you using? Judging by the theme it's 8 or 10. I had similar issues before, where device appeared to be installed properly but would not be detected. Things to try:

1. Install the very latest blaster drivers from Altera, always reboot after driver installation.

2. Restart JTAG server service.

3. Run the board test utility as admin, you should also use admin to install any drivers or utilities.

4. run the board test utility in Win 7/8.1 compatibility mode.

I had similar dev kit running fine on Win 8.1 so it must just be a driver/Windows privileges issue.