My XP box died the other day and was replaced by a 64 bit Windows7 machine. Now my $%^&Quartus II software won't run, and Altera says Win7 ain't supported. Anybody know of a workaround? I'm developing on the Altera Cyclone III FPGA on the Altium Designer NanoBoard 3000. Thx, Bob
Quartus II under Windows7?
Started by ●April 21, 2010
Reply by ●April 21, 20102010-04-21
It's running ok for me on Windows 7 64-bit. What particular part of the software are you having problems with? Jon
Reply by ●April 21, 20102010-04-21
Wastrel <stephensdigital@gmail.com> wrote:> My XP box died the other day and was replaced by a 64 bit Windows7 > machine. Now my $%^&Quartus II software won't run, and Altera says > Win7 ain't supported. Anybody know of a workaround? I'm developing on > the Altera Cyclone III FPGA on the Altium Designer NanoBoard 3000.Win7 has an option to tell the program that it is running on a previous version of windows, as far as such checks are concerned. As far as the design software, that is likely to work. As you might need a device driver to talk to USB to download the bitstream, that might be system dependent, such that it won't work. -- glen
Reply by ●April 21, 20102010-04-21
On Apr 21, 4:08=A0pm, Jon Beniston <j...@beniston.com> wrote:> It's running ok for me on Windows 7 64-bit. > > What particular part of the software are you having problems with? > > JonHave you found any advantages to running Quartus II on WIndows 7 or a 64 bit OS? Thanks, Derek
Reply by ●April 23, 20102010-04-23
On Apr 21, 1:08=A0pm, Jon Beniston <j...@beniston.com> wrote:> It's running ok for me on Windows 7 64-bit. > > What particular part of the software are you having problems with? > > JonWell it installs alright, but Altium Designer 6 can't find it - whereas it did on my XP box. One problem is that Windows 7 likes to put 32 bit legacy programs under Program FIles(x86), but Quartus won't install there because it can't handle spaces or special characters in it's filenames.
Reply by ●April 23, 20102010-04-23
On Apr 21, 6:42=A0pm, glen herrmannsfeldt <g...@ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:> Wastrel <stephensdigi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My XP box died the other day and was replaced by a 64 bit Windows7 > > machine. Now my $%^&Quartus II software won't run, and Altera says > > Win7 ain't supported. Anybody know of a workaround? I'm developing on > > the Altera Cyclone III FPGA on the Altium Designer NanoBoard 3000. > > Win7 has an option to tell the program that it is running on > a previous version of windows, as far as such checks are concerned. > > As far as the design software, that is likely to work. > > As you might need a device driver to talk to USB to download > the bitstream, that might be system dependent, such that it > won't work. > > -- glenThe bitstream gets downloaded by Altium Designer via JTAG and that part still works. Can you elaborate on the previous version of windows option. As I mentioned earlier, running Quartus under Program Files(x86) won't work becuase Quartus won't install under that directory. Thanks, Bob
Reply by ●April 23, 20102010-04-23
Wastrel <stephensdigital@gmail.com> wrote: (snip, I wrote)>> As you might need a device driver to talk to USB to download >> the bitstream, that might be system dependent, such that it >> won't work.> The bitstream gets downloaded by Altium Designer via JTAG and that > part still works. Can you elaborate on the previous version of windows > option. As I mentioned earlier, running Quartus under Program > Files(x86) won't work becuase Quartus won't install under that > directory.Right click the program icon, properties, compatibility tab, and choose the version you want to be. As I understand it, this is what windows returns when the program asks which version it is running on. It seems that you want to do this for this installer, which is checking which version it is installing under. You might also do it to the installed program. -- glen
Reply by ●April 23, 20102010-04-23
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:19:07 -0700 (PDT), Wastrel <stephensdigital@gmail.com> wrote:>On Apr 21, 1:08�pm, Jon Beniston <j...@beniston.com> wrote: >> It's running ok for me on Windows 7 64-bit. >> >> What particular part of the software are you having problems with? >> >> Jon > >Well it installs alright, but Altium Designer 6 can't find it - >whereas it did on my XP box. One problem is that Windows 7 likes to >put 32 bit legacy programs under Program FIles(x86), but Quartus won't >install there because it can't handle spaces or special characters in >it's filenames.Tell it to use the 8.3 name for the directory (one way of seeing this is to do a "dir /X" from a command prompt). For the directory above, the name would be "c:\progra~2\". -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
Reply by ●April 23, 20102010-04-23
On Apr 23, 12:39=A0pm, Rich Webb <bbew...@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:19:07 -0700 (PDT), Wastrel > > <stephensdigi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Apr 21, 1:08=A0pm, Jon Beniston <j...@beniston.com> wrote: > >> It's running ok for me on Windows 7 64-bit. > > >> What particular part of the software are you having problems with? > > >> Jon > > >Well it installs alright, but Altium Designer 6 can't find it - > >whereas it did on my XP box. One problem is that Windows 7 likes to > >put 32 bit legacy programs under Program FIles(x86), but Quartus won't > >install there because it can't handle spaces or special characters in > >it's filenames. > > Tell it to use the 8.3 name for the directory (one way of seeing this is > to do a "dir /X" from a command prompt). For the directory above, the > name would be "c:\progra~2\". > > -- > Rich Webb =A0 =A0 Norfolk, VARich and Glen, Thanks a lot for your help guys. I was able to install it under c: \progra~2 and direct windows to run it in XP service pack 3 compatibility mode. Unfortunately, now Altium throws a "Unsupported version of Altera Quartus II" message. Nice try though! Thanks again Bob
Reply by ●April 24, 20102010-04-24
On 23 Apr, 18:19, Wastrel <stephensdigi...@gmail.com> wrote:> On Apr 21, 1:08=A0pm, Jon Beniston <j...@beniston.com> wrote: > > > It's running ok for me on Windows 7 64-bit. > > > What particular part of the software are you having problems with? > > > Jon > > Well it installs alright, but Altium Designer 6 can't find it - > whereas it did on my XP box.So could that not be a problem with AD6, rather than Quartus?> One problem is that Windows 7 likes to > put 32 bit legacy programs under Program FIles(x86), but Quartus won't > install there because it can't handle spaces or special characters in > it's filenames.There is an option to say where you want to install it which worked fine for me. Jon
