Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-103.14.63.69-20130915092226/@comment-6881629-20150705204008

The quest is very buggy i wouldn't go to any of its locations without getting the misc quest from reading The Aetherium Wars you can find a copy very early on in Farengar's library.

If you have any of the shards already try dropping them reading the book then picking them up.