Terasic Byteblaster

Hello

I am using a Terasic USB Byteblaster. I see that the Pin# 1 (DCLK - DCLK) and Pin# 9 (ASDO -> ASDI) of the Byteblaster are shorted. Should they be shorted by default or would they have been shorted during the development process ? I did not see my current increase when I was bringing up the board / trying to program the Cyclone III (EQFP package) or did not hear a pop or anything suspicious that could have shorted the two pins.

I found that out when I was checking the connections to ensure that I had the connections for the AS mode correctly done. I saw the short when the ByteBlaster was connected on the board and it was gone after I removed the Byteblaster. Thats how I found out about the short.

I am programming in AS Mode and Quartus II says "Can't recognize silicon id for Device 1"

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Ajay