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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Time stamp problem

I get the most curious error... Timestamp value does not match: image on board is older than expected Read timestamp 18:59:59 1969/12/31; expected 21:50:53 2009/07/03 The software you are down...
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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

The Nios downloader is probably not looking at the correct address for the sysid peripheral and is reading garbage data. The timestamp itself is not that important, what's really important is that your hardware doesn't match the description in your software project.