[Fpga-synth] All of the jumpers are set but the Done LED doens't light up

[malik martin]

i wonder... i'm sure i can use any old usb cable since i'm using the
type b usb port

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:
> "The making of synthesizers in FPGAs." wrote:
>>Hi,
>>I have a s3e sk and all the jumpers are in there default positions but
>>the done LED doesn't light up. I'm using ISE 9.2i.
>>When i perform a boundry scan, iMPACT tells me that it detects many
>>devices and asks me if i want to continue.
>>if i do, iMPACT just hangs.
>>Can someone please help?
>>No offense to anyone here (you might work at digilent) but they're
>>simply trying to give me the brush off.
>>and i've even begged them for help. :/
>
> I had a problem a while back that has one of your symptoms.  I really wish I could
> remember all of the details, but I can't - it started when I bought a second FPGA
> board, different from the Spartan-3E Starter.  The new board uses a different
> programming cable (I can't remember the details) and gave me the "detects many
> devices" response.  For whatever reason, iMPACT was trying to use the wrong cable.
>  When I force-selected the correct cable it worked.  I seem to remember this
> happening when I bought the _wrong_ USB cable for the board in question (Digilent
> JTAG-USB).
>
> If you have more than one programming cable plugged into the computer, I'd pull out
> all but the one you need and try it again.
>
>
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