Problem with Quartus Prime 16.0 Lite Edition.

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 Can anyone help me with this issue? Whenever I start compiling my design in Quartus Prime 16.0 Lite Edition, the memory consumption shoots up to 100 % and Quartus becomes " Not Responding".  Thanks,

[Altera_Forum]

How much memory do you have? Quartus is a memory hog for larger devices. If you don't have enough physical memory you can add virtual memory (in Windows anyway). 

 Edit: Just noticed that you're running Lite Edition so can't target the big devices like Arria 10 and Stratix. 8 GB should be plenty of RAM for any of the devices you can target.

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 I've 8 GB of RAM. During compilation it shoots up to 99% and then Quartus stops responding.  Thanks,

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 I'm using MAX10.

[Altera_Forum]

So you need to be a lot more specific about your configuration. Like what O/S you are running on. 

 What family and device are you using. Be very specific.  Has the design compiled successfully before (ie, on another version of Quartus, or another system)? If so, what is it's device utilization?  The more info you can provide up front about your configuration the better answers you will get to help solve your problem.  Just saying:   --- Quote Start ---  Can anyone help me with this issue? Whenever I start compiling my design in Quartus Prime 16.0 Lite Edition, the memory consumption shoots up to 100 % and Quartus becomes " Not Responding".  --- Quote End ---   gives others precious little info to go on and most folks will just pass on trying to answer your question.

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 I'm running this on Windows 10. I'm using MAX10 family and the device is 10M50DAF484C6GES. The design has compiled before on Quartus Prime 16.0 Lite edition and also on 15.1 Lite edition. Please let me know if you need any more information. I'm really stuck with this issue for almost a day. If you happen to know a solution please kindly help.  Thanks,

[Altera_Forum]

The fact that the design compiled previously with QP 16.0 changes the picture. A couple of suggestions: 

 1. If you made changes to the design since the last time it compiled, try to revert back to an older revision and see if that compiles. Then add changes back in one at a time and see if/when the problem returns. 2. Sometimes cleaning out the project directory can fix problems like this. You can do a Project -> Clean Project ... from within Quartus, but I usually just manually delete all the files generated by Quartus. Be careful, though, if you delete manually. You have to know what files you can delete! (Don't delete .qpf, .qsf. .sdc, source files, IP files, etc.)