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

[malik martin]

Hmmm,
this doesnt sound very good at all :(

"Hello Malik,

If you are programming the board exactly the way you were before when it
worked but are still getting this error now, then there is a chance that
your board may be damaged.  If you have another board to program with the
software you may want to try and program it to see if there is a problem
with the software.

You could also contact Xilinx support to see if others have had the same
issue.  Other than that the board simply just may be damaged to the point of
inoperability.  Sorry for the inconvenience."
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:37 PM, malik martin <laserbeak43 at gmail.com> wrote:
> i'm sure it is. yeah. I could try others though...
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:
>> "The making of synthesizers in FPGAs." wrote:
>>>ok, i'm just using a regular USB cable, so that can't be the problem, correct?
>>
>> That would be my guess, but I do not know whether there is anything special about the cable
>> or not.
>>
>> Is it the cable that came with the board?  That cable should work.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:
>>>> "The making of synthesizers in FPGAs." wrote:
>>>>>i wonder... i'm sure i can use any old usb cable since i'm using the
>>>>>type b usb port
>>>>
>>>> Not sure exactly what you mean by that, but iMPACT supports
>>>only certain specific cables. For > example, the JTAG-USB cable
>>>is NOT supported by iMPACT. The Spartan-3E can be programmed with
>>>the > USB cable it came with (I don't know if there is anything
>>>special about it - I think it's just a > standard cable) OR it
>>>can be programmed with a Digilent Parallel-III cable when plugged
>>>into the > board's JTAG 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. >>> >>>
>>>>>> -- ScottG >>>
>>>________________________________________________________________________
>>>>>> -- Scott Gravenhorst >>> -- FPGA MIDI Synthesizer
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>>>home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/ >>> -- NonFatMan:
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>>>tough, the tough use the command line. >>> >>>
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>>>home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/ > -- NonFatMan:
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>>>tough, the tough use the command line. > >
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