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15 years ago

USB BLASTER TROUBLE WITH QUARTUS ii V11.0

I used to work with Quartus 9.1 Web Edition for my designs in VHDL, but reciently I am using Quartus 11.0 WE. I've already installed the driver for my USB Blaster cable, but when I start the programm...
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14 years ago

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I see that this has been fixed in 11sp1

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It hasn't been fixed at all.

I just upgraded to 11.0SP1 from 9.1SP2, and in spite of doing all the usual incantations (deinstall, reinstall, etc., which seems to indicate that the driver works fine), including following a few web tips, it simply doesn't work. USB Blaster never shows up like it ought to.

How is it even possible that such a fundamental piece of code comes through testing as broken ?

The standalone programmer 10.1SP1 doesn't work either. What a mess.