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AKuma59
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7 years ago

Do I need Windows 10 driver for the Quartus USB dongle?

I have Quartus license which is associated with a USB dongle. It seems to be working with Windows7 OS. When I try to move the USB dongle to the new Desktop which has Windows10 OS. The Quartus 11.1sp2...
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CalvinJoaz_P_Intel
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7 years ago

Hi Kumar,

StratixII are mature devices supported up to Quartus 13.Osp1 which is still not supported on Window 10.

Check here: http://fpgasoftware.intel.com/13.0sp1/?edition=subscription&platform=windows&download_manager=dlm3

I think you have two choices :

  1. Scrap the old board and buy new board with devices supported by Quartus Prime, which now officially supports Windows 10 as of v16.0.
  2. Downgrade to Windows 7 (have full disk image backups ) for as long as you want to continue to run old versions of Quartus II.

T-Guard / Dongle licenses work correctly on supported Operating Systems and compilation will be unaffected, this problem is with the license setup menu GUI only.

The supported operating systems are listed at the end of this solution.

Kindly check the link below.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/solutions/rd07232010_274.html

Let me know if you need any further assistance.

Thank you.