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cyclon 4 gx pcie card is not detection problem

Altera_Forum
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Hi all, 

i am doing pci express by using cyclone 4 gx device (ep4cgx75f23i7). when i inserted the card into the pcie slot and restarted it .but my pc is not recognising it. 

To check the problem i am using signal tap 2. when i am monitoring some signals like  

clocks: fixedclk, pld_clk, clb_clk, like all clocks are coming and pll_locked,rx_freq_locked are coming.  

resets : pcie_rstn, npor,rx_digitalreset,app_rstn all reset signals are coming and reset status signal is also zero. 

But LTSSM signal is toggling bwn 0 and 2 and it is not going to POLLING.CONFIG mode.  

and when i monitored test out signal nothing is coming.  

so, please suggest me what to do in my case, i am not finding where the exact problem is?  

is there any chances to go wrong in ip core or the problem is in my custom board?
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Altera_Forum
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Hi naresh, 

 

which PCIe Version are you using? If possible try another PC and look into your Bios. I think I had a similar problem too. Maybe I remember what I exactly did ;) 

Which Quartus Version are you using? 

 

 

Kr, 

Florian
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Altera_Forum
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hi Florian,  

i am using quartus 13.1 and in that ip compiler for pci express v13.1 is using.is there any problem with this version.I tried with another pc also but remain same.but when i restaring my pc with pcie card is present then it is going to hang. actually, for generation of fixed clock and reconfig clock i am using 64 mhz clock from my board.i think this is not an issue,any sugggesion? 

here i am attaching the signal tap 2 waveforms please see it
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Altera_Forum
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For IP Compiler for PCI express: 

1) The maximum frequency of reconfig_clk is 50 MHz. Your reconfig_clk should not exceed 50MHz. 

2) fixedclk frequency must be 125MHz. 

3) Both fixedclk and reconfig_clk must be free running, it can’t be generated from the 100MHz refclk or its derived clocks.
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