On a new netbook (Samsung NC10 with XP home, sp3) I installed the quartus II version 8.1 programmer. I also installed drivers for the usb blaster. The programmer keeps saying: No Hardware at hardware setup. I checked everything more than once. No other FTDI devices. The setup is the same as on my desktop machine (XP pro, SP2). And there it works. usbblstr.sys in ..../system32/drivers usbblstr32.dll in ..../system32 usbblstrlang.dll in ..../system32 usbblstrui.dll in ..../system32 Should there be a referecence to usbblstr in my register? Because there isn't.

--- Quote Start --- Having the same problem as the last poster. Tried the firewall setting and reinstalled blaster several times on different usb ports. Any help??? --- Quote End --- Hello, In my case, I actually solve my own problem regarding the usb blaster. Previously I mentioned that I installed quartus 13 and 10, and the usb blaster doesnt get detected anymore. It turns out the culprit was the quartus 10. I dont know how or why, but after uninstalling the quartus 10, the usb blaster get detected again. Hooray. Since i still can't get the .sof file, i finally decided that to get quartus 13 web version to get .sof file. Thankfully the usb blaster still get detected even after installing another version of quartus. I think to be safe just use the quartus 13 web version but it still does have a minor problem so i decided to keep the quartus 13 n the web version. Haha. I'm a newbies. Sorry if my post doesn't help you.

How does the USB Blaster show in Control Panel/Hardware Tab?

In the hardware tab it is shown as "Altera USB-Blaster" under "USB-controllers"

I finally found the problem. After trying to "add hardware" at the "hardware setup" in the programmer, I got the message “Attempted to access JTAG server -- internal error code 82 occurred”. I ignored it all the time, but after an internet search, someone at this forum in an old thread, suggested to switch of the firewall software (thanks Embedos). So I did. The error message disappeared en the USB blaster showed up on the "add hardware list". Ready to be chosen. YES. So to be able to use the USB-blaster, you need to have a JTAG server. Usually this is the local machine. To find this server (my own PC!!!) I had switch off the firewall software. It's time to finetune this software.

--- Quote Start --- It's time to finetune this software. --- Quote End --- If by "software" you mean Windows and if by "fine tune" you mean jettison, then I'm in 100% agreement :-)

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Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
12 years ago
Thanks for the reply, I had the same issue with there being old instances of Quartus left behind. I took the bin folder from the first instance and pasted in the newer instance. I also manually initiated Jtag server. It worked for the time being but I'll tell if it sticks once I restart my computer
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
11 years ago
Hi all,

I had this problem now, everything had been working fine, but after PC restart, my programmer stopped to see USB Blaster.
I have tried everything you have mentioned here. Nothing helped.
1) Reinstall drivers - DIDN'T HELP
2) Reprogram EEPROM - DIDN'T HELP
3) Turn off firewall - DIDN'T HELP
4) Clean regs and temp files - DIDN'T HELP

My solution was restart of JTAG server.
1) Run CMD as administrator
2) go to \quartus\bin\ (if you are running 64 bit OS, go to bin64)
3) execute:>jtagserver --uninstall
4) execute:>jtagserver --install
5) execute:>jtagserver --stop
6) execute:>jtagserver --start

All these commands may help you to unstuck your JTAG recognition.
Good luck! I hope it will help someone. :)

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