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HELP:Problem installing USB Blaster driver

Altera_Forum
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Hello! 

 

I have a problem installing the USB Blaster driver to WIN2000 using Quartus II 8.0 Web Edition. The ''Found New Hardware Wizarrd'' is always looking for *.inf (Setup Information) files. But there is no *.inf file in the folder <path to quartus ii installation>\drivers\usb-blaster\x32, or ...\x64, the installation can not go on. But when I just choose ...\drivers\usb-blaster and the file usbblstr.inf is selected, then there is the error message 'The specified location does not contain information about your hardware'. I have read the USB Blaster User Guide and searched the forum and Altera support solutions but didn't find such problems. Could anyone give me some help? Thanks very much! 

 

Dan
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Altera_Forum
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Hello, 

 

The inf file is there: <path to quartus ii installation>\drivers\usb-blaster 

You neither have to point to the x32 or x64 directories. 

 

Best regards, 

Sylvain.
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Altera_Forum
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Thanks for your reply. The problem was with my Laptop, my DELL laptop can not recognize the USB Blaster. When I changed to a Campaq laptop, the problem was solved.

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