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Quartus 17.1 What does this error message mean?

Altera_Forum
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Problem Details 

Error: 

Internal Error: Sub-system: PGME, File: /quartus/pgm/pgme/pgme_algorithm.cpp, Line: 1109 

Illegal tap position 

Stack Trace: 

0x4f38e: PGME_ALGORITHM::get_id_index + 0x6e (pgm_pgme) 

0x516fb: PGME_MAXII_ALGORITHM::get_open_ids + 0xab (pgm_pgme) 

0x5611c: PGME_MAXII_ALGORITHM::init + 0x70c (pgm_pgme) 

0x37c62: PGME_PROGRAMMER::engage + 0x1162 (pgm_pgme) 

0xd425: MDB_FILE_NEW_DLG::OK_clicked + 0x75 (sys_mdb) 

0x295b7: QThread::start + 0x427 (QtCore4) 

0x24f7e: _beginthreadex + 0x106 (MSVCR120) 

0x25125: _endthreadex + 0x191 (MSVCR120) 

0x1652c: BaseThreadInitThunk + 0xc (kernel32) 

0x2c520: RtlUserThreadStart + 0x20 (ntdll) 

 

 

End-trace 

 

 

Quartus Prime Version 17.1.0 Build 590 10/25/2017 SJ Lite Edition 

 

 

Executable: quartus 

Comment: 

None 

 

 

System Information 

Platform: windows64 

OS name: Windows 7 

OS version: 6.1 

 

 

Quartus Prime Information 

Address bits: 64 

Version: 17.1.0 

Build: 590 

Edition: Lite Edition
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Altera_Forum
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This means Quartus has crashed. You may need to raise a mysupport ticket to find out why.

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Altera_Forum
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you can also check your system logfiles. You might find something there. Is it a reoccurring error or just a one-off.

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Altera_Forum
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you can also check your system logfiles. You might find something there. Is it a reoccurring error or just a one-off. 

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It error always happens in the versions 16.0, 17.1. 

After this error, I need to restart my computer because the USBblaster does not work after that.
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Altera_Forum
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Quit Quartus and trash the db and incremental_db folders for your project. You'll need to recompile, but this might fix the issue. 

 

You may also need to reinstall USB Blaster drivers.
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Altera_Forum
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It error always happens in the versions 16.0, 17.1. 

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You didn't actually tell when it happens, e.g. compiling a specific project, in which phase, etc. 

 

 

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After this error, I need to restart my computer because the USBblaster does not work after that. 

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This is usually indicating that part of Quartus is still running. To terminate it without restarting Windows, you can use the task manager.
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Altera_Forum
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If I program separately, everything is programmed correctly and works. 

If all four together, then a complete collapse occurs.
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