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GD76
Occasional Contributor
Occasional ContributorThe Quartus Prime Software quit unexpectedly
Running Quartus Standard Edition 18.1 (cannot upgrade). Always had no issue in the past but recently keep getting the message "The Quartus Prime software quit unexpectedly" whenever "Start Compilatio...
ak6dn
Regular Contributor
Regular ContributorWhat is the operating system?
Have there been recent updates installed?
Did it stop working after some recent update?
Maybe back out recent updates and pause updates to debug the issue.
That is an older version of Quartus and recent system updates may be incompatible.
GD76Running 18.1 for almost 9 months on Windows 10. No updates done.
What I discovered is (not solution yet), removing the signal tap file and deleting the "filename.cmp.rdb", then compilation works without the Quartus quitting unexpectedly.
The signal tap files worked for a week so. No change made. So not sure why yet.
