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19 years ago

Problems installing the USB Blaster on Windows

Hey All, I had been baning my head against a wall trying to install the USB blaster drivers for Windows, but I have finally found the answer after being pointed to a "solution" on Altera's we...
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18 years ago

If you run into problems with installing the USB driver using the contents of this link, http://www.altera.com/support/software/drivers/dri-usb_b.html, then try the following procedure.

You must install the USB Blaster download cable driver before you can use it to program devices with the Quartus II software. You must have system administration (Administrator) privileges to install the USB Blaster download cable drivers.

You can install USB Blaster driver using the following steps:

1. Plug in the USB Blaster download cable.

2. Windows will show a message “Found New Hardware Wizard”, select “install from a list or specific location”, and click on Next to continue.

3. Browse to the location of the driver in the \drivers\usb-blaster directory of your Quartus II software installation and click on OK

4. Select “Continue Anyway” if a software installation warning appears.

5. Click Finish.

You should be up and running.