Error : Device has stopped receiving configuration data

You may see this error message in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Programmer versions 18.1 or later when configuring Intel Stratix® 10 FPGAs with a design where 3V IO is used, but the respective transceiver tile is not powered up.

The full error message is :

Error: Device has stopped receiving configuration data 

Error message received from device : Device is in configuration state

Operation failed

To avoid this error and to enable 3V IOs in a design targeting any variant of Intel Stratix® 10 FPGAs, power up the VCCR_GXB and VCCH_GXB rails of the respective transceiver tile as per the Intel Stratix 10 Device Family Pin Connection Guidelines.