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Flash Loader IP loading failure

Altera_Forum
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‎05-12-2011 06:54 AM
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I have read several posts on this topic in the forum. But my problem is different, so I would like to seek any advice from you. 

 

I have two identical boards, which have been working well for quite a long time. Then all of a sudden, for some unkown reason, one board can't be configured by its configuration device (EPCS16) after power up. 

 

When I tried to re-program it using the jic file (this is the way these two boards got programmed in the beginning), I found I can't even do so. Quartus returns with an error "Flash loader IP not loaded on device 1". 

 

I found there is no signal on DCLK during programming. Does that mean the FPGA is actually faulty? 

 

The following is the message returned from Quartus programmer. 

 

I really appreciate your opinion. 

 

Thanks!
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Altera_Forum
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‎05-12-2011 11:16 AM
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"Flash loader IP not loaded on device 1" 

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Refers to the fact, that no configuration containing the flash loader has been loaded to the FPGA, or that a reconfiguration has been triggered somehow after loading it. The problem may be related to failing AS configuration, but not necessarily. I would check power supplies and circuitry connected to configuration pins in the first place.
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