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8 years ago

USB Blaster shows up in device manager under Ports (COM & LPT) as a USB serial port

Hi all! I have a Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows 10, and I have a DE2-70 kit. When I plug in the USB blaster, nothing happens, and I go to the device manager, and it shows up in device man...
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8 years ago

Hi FvM

My problem does sound similar to what is being described in those threads. I'll give it a shot. I googled the tool, and found the program, and I am a little intimidated by what it says right under the download link: "PLEASE NOTE - The use of some of these utilities by an end user may result in a device being rendered useless." I don't want to do that. My project advisor will be very angry. Can you give me step by step instructions of what to do?

Thanks