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17 years ago

Couldn't install usb blaster driver on HP dv4-1020us notebook (64bit Vista)

Hello, I have installed the Quartus-II 8.0 SP1 on HP dv4-1020us notebook (64bit Windows Vista), the software is runing fine. When I plug in the usb blaster cable which connects to a Terasic DE3 bo...
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16 years ago

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I received a version of the USB-Blaster driver from Altera support that does contain a signed catalog. I believe that this is an old version. The .inf says it version 2.0.0, dated 05/19/2006. The file versions in this package are 2.0.0.1 for FTDIBUS.sys and 3.1.7.1 for the FTD2 library dlls.

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These dates and versions match the driver included with Quartus II 7.2 SP2. As far as I know, this was the last version to include a signed driver. I just installed 9.0 SP1 today which still does not include a signed driver again.