Error (293007): Current module quartus_fit ended unexpectedly

[StephanBorucki]

I have been working with Quartus Prime for many years and I teach students how to program FPGAs with Quartus. We use the DE10-Lite board with a MAX10 but also a self-developed board with MAX10.  Recently we have had a serious problem.

On some of our computers we can no longer compile even simple designs. I have attached the example.

We get the following error message:

Error (293007): Current module quartus_fit ended unexpectedly. Verify that you have sufficient memory available to compile your design. ...

The error occurs on powerful, newer computers that have 32 Gbyte to 128 Gbyte RAM with Windows 10 and Windows 11. After that, we can no longer fit even the Introtutorial from Altera. We have uninstalled and reinstalled the software. The third time the error occurs again.

On older computers with only 8 Gbyte memory or 16 Gbyte memory we can compile exactly the same design more than 10 times without errors.

The error occurs with Quartus Prime Lite Edition 19.1.0 but also with the latest version 24.1.

We have searched all answers in the community but have not found a solution.

We urgently need a solution, otherwise we will no longer be able to use Altera at the university!

Here is a description of the computers on which the error occurs:

Dell Precision 5820, 128 Gbyte RAM, Windows 10 Education 22H2, Intel Xeon Processor

Dell Precision 7550 , 32 Gbyte RAM, Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2, Intel Xeon Processor

Also a notebook of which I only know the following:

Notebook 32 Gbyte RAM, AMD Ryzen, Windows 11

And here are the computers on which the error does not occur:

Dell Optipelx 7050, 16 Gbyte RAM, Intel Core i7-6700 CPU, Windows 10

Dell Precision 360, 8 Gbyte RAM, Windows 10, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU

Also a notebook of which I only know the following:

32 Gbyte RAM, Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2, Intel i7 1260p

[RichardTanSY_Intel]

128GB RAM is sufficient for Quartus Lite. Your design compile fine and finish within seconds in my PC.

Which devices are you using? How much disk space does your machine have? Minimum disk space recommended for Quartus lite is 14 GB. 

Additionally, go to Task Manager > Performance> Memory, to check and monitor the memory usage.

Here are troubleshooting steps that you may check during installation process: 

1. Before you download and install the software, please check that your machine system met the minimum Hardware and Software Requirements. Ensure that your Operating System is supported.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683472/25-1/system-requirements-and-prerequisite.html

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683472/25-1/operating-system-requirements.html

Quartus 24.1std Software and Device Support Release Notes:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683593/24-1std/disk-space-and-memory-recommendations.html

2. Check that the disk space is sufficient for the installation of the Intel FPGA software. 

3. If you are running antivirus software, try to temporarily disable the antivirus software during the Quartus Prime software download and installation process.

4. Install the software with Administrator privileges. 

5. Try to download and auto install using the new Quartus installer.

6. If install using .tar, try to re-download the Quartus .tar installation package and install again. Check that the installation files .tar is not corrupted by checking the checksum. 

7. Check your OS history update, e.g. to check if the issue happen after some specific Window update. 

Regards,

Richard Tan

[RichardTanSY_Intel]

Any update on this?

Do you able to resolve the issue?

Regards,

Richard Tan