altera max II FPGA PLEASE HELP!!!!

Which dev board are you using and are you using a genuine Altera blaster.

I've found that the unofficial but very cheap USB Blaster clones can have issues but that the real thing from Altera/Intel works every time (Windows 7)

Is there any special reason that you are using MAXII - it's a very old device, the latest generation are MAX10 which have some significant advantages.

MK

The board i have is the epm240 the blaster says Altera usb blaster the reason im using it is becaise im a student and money is a little tight it was the cheapest one offered im begining to find out why i was able to get the driver installed by disabling the driver signature enforcement temporarily but when i started Quartus it said that Jtag needs permission and everytime i hit accaept windows 10 goes into a blue error screen that says "pfn list corrupt " then restarts

I can think of lots of things to try but I am kind of shooting in the dark on this:

Try using Windows 7 (if you have that option)

Post pictures of your board and blaster (where did you get them and how much did you pay - these are often indicators of what they might be.)

I've had reasonable results with a cheap Chinese "Blaster" (ie it worked OK but caused conflicts with other USB devices).

A quick look on Aliexpress shows that even an obvious clone (£2.11 price gives it away !!) still says ALTERA on it.

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20181030085726&SearchText=fpga+altera+blaster

You could try a few of these (if you can wait for them to turn up).

The official USB2Blaster from Intel/Altera is $225 from Digikey, the Terrasic Blaster (probably OK) is $50 from Digikey.

I've used this kit:

https://kamami.com/boards/561438-maximator-promo-with-expander-shield-and-kamami-usb-blaster.html

and it works OK

There's  a blog (from me) about it on E14 here:

Kamami MAXimator FPGA Board

MK

I can think of lots of things to try but I am kind of shooting in the dark on this:

Try using Windows 7 (if you have that option)

Post pictures of your board and blaster (where did you get them and how much did you pay - these are often indicators of what they might be.)

I've had reasonable results with a cheap Chinese "Blaster" (ie it worked OK but caused conflicts with other USB devices).

A quick look on Aliexpress shows that even an obvious clone (£2.11 price gives it away !!) still says ALTERA on it.

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20181030085726&SearchText=fpga+altera+blaster

You could try a few of these (if you can wait for them to turn up).

The official USB2Blaster from Intel/Altera is $225 from Digikey, the Terrasic Blaster (probably OK) is $50 from Digikey.

I've used this kit:

https://kamami.com/boards/561438-maximator-promo-with-expander-shield-and-kamami-usb-blaster.html

and it works OK

There's  a blog (from me) about it on E14 here:

Kamami MAXimator FPGA Board

MK

Ok so mine was orderwd from amazon and it dis come from china i made the mistake of assuming it was altera because the name is all over it but obviously as you stated its a clone (45 dollars with shipping)  i think im goining to go ahead and order the one in the link you sent and see how I come out on it using windows 10 thank you for all your info and input as this is quite a learning curve for me

Just reminding you that the Maximator has a different FPGA - I'm sure you noticed really.

It's a nice modern MAX10 and I've found them pretty good.

MK

Thank you again from what i read it seems like it would be a good fit for someone that is just learning about fpga and verilog which is what i really need. Im hopping that the transition from programming Raspberry PI and Arduino will help some but from what i can tell fpga is almost its own style all together