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10 years ago

.SOF file not being generated on Lite (free) version

Hello, I used to use Quartus II (14.1) about a year ago without any problem. Now I upgraded the computer and downloaded the new version Quartus Prime Lite Edition. The new version (free) is no...
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10 years ago

Hello,

I've been using the "start compilation" button at Quartus.

Yesterday, after trying dozen times, it worked.

(For reasons that are beyond the context here) I am testing it on a rubbish Celeron computer.

every time it failed, it took around 2 minutes. When it worked, it took more than 5 minutes.

Is there any kind of timeout somewhere that are preventing me to have success and I was just lucky when it worked?

If no, then I probably changed something somewhere on a trial and error basis and now I cannot pinpoint what I did.

Tks