10.1 Flash Programmer Error code: 4

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I have a new design containing two Cyclone III (3C40's), each with a 256Mbit Numonyx P33 flash (65nm version) that fail (they both fail the same way) with the Nios II flash programmer. It seems the programmer reads the CFI query table info correctly but gives Error code: 4 (see below). I have tried manually to read/write/erase the device and it seems to work perfectly fine - but the GUI failure persists. I did notice that the blocks appear locked (not in lock-down mode, but just block-lock), which I know in the past the programmer takes care of doing the unlocking, etc... in any case I did try to unlock them manually and retry - no luck. 

 I've seen a couple other posts on this (specifically one with Error code: 4) with no resolution - does anyone know what could be wrong and potential work-arounds?   thank you   OUTPUT FROM PROGRAMMER:   Info: Aug 22, 2011 8:13:29 AM - (FINE) bin2flash: Starting Info: Aug 22, 2011 8:13:29 AM - (INFO) bin2flash: args = --input=MyPath/testfile.bin --output=MyPath/flash/testfile_NOR_flash_0.flash --location=0x0 --verbose Info: Aug 22, 2011 8:13:29 AM - (FINE) bin2flash: Done Info: Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 3, instance 0x00 Info: Resetting and pausing target processor: OK Info: Found CFI table in 16 bit mode Info: Raw CFI query table read from device: Info: 0: 89 00 22 89 01 00 FF FF 89 00 4F F9 04 00 FF FF ..".......O..... Info: 10: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ................ Info: 20: 51 00 52 00 59 00 01 00 00 00 0A 00 01 00 00 00 Q.R.Y........... Info: 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 23 00 36 00 85 00 95 00 09 00 ......#.6....... Info: 40: 0A 00 0A 00 00 00 01 00 02 00 02 00 00 00 19 00 ................ Info: CFI query table read from device: Info: 10: 51 52 59 01 00 0A 01 00 00 00 00 23 36 85 95 09 QRY........#6... Info: 20: 0A 0A 00 01 02 02 00 19 01 00 0A 00 02 03 00 80 ................ Info: 30: 00 FE 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ................ Info: 40: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ................ Info: 50: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ................ Info: 60: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ................ Info: 70: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ................ Info: CFI extended table read from device: Info: 0: 50 52 49 31 35 E6 01 00 00 01 03 00 30 90 02 80 PRI15.......0... Info: 10: 00 03 03 89 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 04 05 04 01 ................ Info: Read autoselect code 0089-8922 (in 16 bit mode) Info: No CFI override data for [FLASH-0089-8922] Info: Target timeout loop runs 2227010 times/s Info: Timeout set to 2281 loops Info: Device size is 32MByte Info: Erase regions are: Info: offset 0: 4 x 32K Info: offset 20000: 255 x 128K Info: Device supports Intel style programming algorithm Info: Multi-byte programming with 1024 byte buffer Info: Sector erase timeout is 4s Info: Word program timeout is 1ms Info: Buffer program timeout is 4ms Info:  Info: : Checksumming existing contents  Info: 00000000 : Checksum failed - needs program Info: 00008000 : Checksum failed - needs program Info: 00010000 : Checksum failed - needs program Info: 00018000 : Checksum failed - needs program Info: 00020000 : Checksum failed - needs program Info: 00040000 : Checksum failed - needs program Info: 00060000 : Checksum failed - needs program Info:  Info: Checksums took 0.1s  Info: Erase not required Info:  Info: 00000000 ( 0%): Programming  Info: Write address 0x12000000 <= 0x0090 Info: Read address 0x12000004 => 0x0001 Info: Write address 0x12000000 <= 0x60 Info: Write address 0x12000000 <= 0xD0 Info: Read address 0x12000000 => 0xB0 Info: Write address 0x12000000 <= 0x50 Info: Write address 0x12000000 <= 0xFF Info:  Info: Program failed at offset 0  Info: Leaving target processor paused Error: Error code: 4 for command: bin/nios2-flash-programmer "MyPath/flash/testfile_NOR_flash_0.flash" --base=0x12000000 --accept-bad-sysid --device=3 --instance=0 '--cable=USB-Blaster on localhost [USB-0]' --program --verbose

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Did you ever get an answer to what Error Code 4 is? I am getting the same error code from the nios flash programmer but so far have not found any information on it.

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I am getting the same error code from the nios flash programmer.