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Honored ContributorAfter going around and around with this, it turned out that the EEPROM needed to be reprogrammed. Fresh out of the box it had the wrong USB ID in it. Used a program called Mprog to give it the correct ID as suggested here:
<alterauserforums> /forum/showthread.php?t=22079&highlight=Mprog Took about 5 minutes to figure out Mprog, was pretty self explanatory... Save this template as an *.ept file in the templates directory of the (free) Mprog installation. [Basic Details] Device Type=3 VID PID Type=2 USB VID=09FB USB PID=6001 [USB Power Options] Bus Powered=1 Self Powered=0 Max Bus Power=150 [USB Serial Number Control] Prefix=91 Use Fixed Serial Number=0 Fixed Serial Number=91d28408 [USB Remote WakeUp] Enable Remote WakeUp=0 [Windows Plug and Play] Enable Plug and Play=0 [USB String Descriptors] Manufacturer=Altera Product=USB-Blaster [Programming Options] Only Program Blank Devices=0 [BM Device Specific Options] USB Version Number=0 Disable Serial Number=0 IO Pin Pull Down in Suspend=1 [Dual Device Specific Options A] RS 232 mode=1 245 FIFO mode=0 245 CPU FIFO mode=0 OPTO Isolate mode=1 High Current Drive=0 [Dual Device Specific Options B] RS 232 mode=1 245 FIFO mode=0 245 CPU FIFO mode=0 OPTO Isolate mode=0 High Current Drive=0 [Dual Device Driver Options A] Virtual Com Port Driver=1 D2XX Driver=0 [Dual Device Driver Options B] Virtual Com Port Driver=1 D2XX Driver=0 Then make sure your device is connected via USB and program it. Now when you disconnect and reconnect your device it will be correctly identified and you can point it to the correct drivers in your Quartus/drivers directory.
