*** Fatal Error: Access Violation at 0X00000000161F28DA - *** Fatal Error: Access Violation at 0X00000000161F28DA Description You may receive an internal error when attempting to program an Active Serial configuration device (EPCS or EPCQ device) using the Serial Flash Loader and a .jic file, using the Quartus® II software version 12.1. The internal error will contain the following text: *** Fatal Error: Access Violation at 0X00000000161F28DA Module: quartus.exe Stack Trace: 0x1428d9: PGMIO_FLASH_MANAGER::sfl_get_chain_longest_program_utime 0x79 (pgm_pgmio) 0x77dfb: PGME_PROGRAMMER::get_max_siid 0x691b (sys_mdb) 0x880ce: PGME_PROGRAMMER::get_jic_device_name_from_id 0xe4e (sys_mdb) 0x8aceb: PGME_PROGRAMMER::get_jic_device_name_from_id 0x3a6b (sys_mdb) Resolution Use version 12.0 of the Quartus II Programmer . This is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Quartus II software. Custom Fields values: ['novalue'] Troubleshooting novalue False ['novalue'] ['FPGA Dev Tools Quartus II Software'] novalue 12.1 ['Programmable Logic Devices'] ['novalue'] ['Configuration Devices'] ['novalue']