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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

USB blaster installation problems in W7 64bit

:confused: How can I install USB blaster in Windows 7 64 bit? it just can´t install the drivers correctly, every time I connect the tool to my PC it tries to install the already installed drive...
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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Getting Quartus II to see the USB-Blaster was a real pain. It took hours of grovelling. I don't know which of several changes finally made the difference. Candidate are:

* Fall back to an old version of Quartus II (10.1)

* Use an old USB-Blaster driver from 2009.

* Install the USB-Blaster driver before installing Quartus II.

In a fairness to Altera and MickeySoft, it might have been a firewall or browser problem.