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15 years ago

Unable to reset device before configuration

I am trying to program a EP2S90F1020 Stratix II device using Altera's USB Blaster. I use *.sof file, mode is Passive Serial, and then click on "start". I receive an error message saying "Error: Unab...
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14 years ago

1. you said you picked non-ES but the .sof is built for ES. you will need to confirm your board has non-ES and rebuild the .sof

2. you have 3 items on your JTAG chain now. double click in the File column of the row with the EP4SE530 device in it and select your .sof file. when you click start you should only have 2 items in your devices list, or else you will get the correct error that the JTAG chain (2 devices) does not match what you said it looks like (3 devices)