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Altera_Forum
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11 years agoArria II GX PCIe card not recognized by OS
Hi, all I purchased the Arria II GX development kit and happily place it on my server's PCI slot, without changing any DIP switch or anything. But after OS (linux) boots, I can't find the devi...
Altera_Forum
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11 years agoRefer to the 'Factory Default Switch Settings' on page 4-2 of the user manual (https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/ug/ug_aiigx_fpga_dev_kit.pdf). It looks like the PCIe mode DIP switch (SW3) needs to be changed before your server will detect the card's presence. The default setting is such that your server won't detect the card.
Cheers, Alex