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Hi Richard,
First thank you for confirming the issue. I'm glad it has been noted, but I don't think it's isolated to release 25.1. Perhaps it's bad luck, but I have not been able to get reliable operation with it for a Max 10M08SAE in Quartus 17.1, 23.1 or 25.1. I've tried two different systems... 1x AMD, 1x Intel, both running Windows 11 with 4k monitors. The behavior changes between releases, but every instance involves a scrambling of the screen due to GUI sizing and overlayed text. Unlike 25.1, 23.1 was marginally readable.
I did read about issues with high-resolution displays which lead me to testing the compatibility settings and hi-res override modes. This leads me to the reason I believe the issue has been there awhile... the graphics compatibility settings changes the Megafunction behavior. In some modes it refused to open, while in others it would open and crash. The only setting that allowed it to open was no setting. There isn't a great reason why changing this should cause such a dramatic shift in behavior.
I would appreciate it if Altera could post an app note on how to instantiate a basic PLL without the Megafunction... a bare minimum implementation (1 clock in, 1 clock out). I don't mind configuring a slew of parameters, I just want something that works and I can modify without worrying about the software version I have installed or having to jump between versions.
Thanks!
Good question ! Thanks for asking. I was going to ask that as my next question.