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13 years ago

USB Blaster with Windows 8?

Hello,

I recently updated to windows 8 64 bit with no real thought put into it. When I realized I still have a full term of school work ahead of me that requires my DE2 115 board I panicked and ran straight to quartus. I was thankful when my Quartus worked fine and didnt think anything of it. Then it came to the time where I needed to program my board. Sure enough the drivers that were such a pain in the *** to install the first time for USB Blaster didnt transfer over. So here I sit, broken hearted, trying to follow the same procedure as before and update my Blaster drivers but I keep running into an error telling me my drivers were either corrupted or the victim of tampering. Then it tells me to visit the website of the manufacturer and check the support section of driver software. So here I am brilliant forummers, any suggestions?

Thanks

Trent

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    12 years ago

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    Hi... Installing USB BLASTER In Windows 8 Try this....

    1. Windows Key + R

    2. Enter shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00

    3. Click the "OK" button

    4. System will restart to a "Choose an option" screen

    5. Select "Troubleshoot" from "Choose an option" screen

    6. Select "Advanced options" from "Troubleshoot" screen

    7. Select "Windows Startup Settings" from "Advanced options" screen

    8. Click "Restart" button

    9. System will restart to "Advanced Boot Options" screen

    10. Select "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement"

    11. Once the system starts, install the "USB Blaster" driver as you would on Windows 7

    Worked fine in my computer running Windows 8 Pro OEM (64-bit)

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    Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! :D
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    12 years ago

    These Steps worked great with me ... thanks for the help

    --- Quote Start ---

    Hi... Installing USB BLASTER In Windows 8 Try this....

    1. Windows Key + R

    2. Enter shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00

    3. Click the "OK" button

    4. System will restart to a "Choose an option" screen

    5. Select "Troubleshoot" from "Choose an option" screen

    6. Select "Advanced options" from "Troubleshoot" screen

    7. Select "Windows Startup Settings" from "Advanced options" screen

    8. Click "Restart" button

    9. System will restart to "Advanced Boot Options" screen

    10. Select "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement"

    11. Once the system starts, install the "USB Blaster" driver as you would on Windows 7

    Worked fine in my computer running Windows 8 Pro OEM (64-bit)

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    9 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    Hi... Installing USB BLASTER In Windows 8 Try this....

    1. Windows Key + R

    2. Enter shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00

    3. Click the "OK" button

    4. System will restart to a "Choose an option" screen

    5. Select "Troubleshoot" from "Choose an option" screen

    6. Select "Advanced options" from "Troubleshoot" screen

    7. Select "Windows Startup Settings" from "Advanced options" screen

    8. Click "Restart" button

    9. System will restart to "Advanced Boot Options" screen

    10. Select "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement"

    11. Once the system starts, install the "USB Blaster" driver as you would on Windows 7

    Worked fine in my computer running Windows 8 Pro OEM (64-bit)

    --- Quote End ---

    this approach also did work for me on Windows 8.1 (Enterprise edition), 64 bit. I am using the DE NANO C4 development kit for my purposes