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11 years ago

USB Blaster driver fails to install on windows 8.1 (64bit)

Dear All: I am having a difficult time trying to get the usb blaster to install in my system in order to run programs on the board. I have not been successful and its becoming frustrating. I ...
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11 years ago

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The drivers you need are in the quartus/drivers directory of a full Quartus install or a programmer install.

If you are having problems I suggest getting things to look right in the device manager first, then plug in a board and use jtagconfig / programmer window to get that working.

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I think Altera does not support this for windows 8.1 because I have tried making all the updates on windows to allow the usb blaster to work but still no luck