Since I began folding in mid-March, I have never been able to successfully download a core automatically. Each time a new core has been needed, I have had to manually download the core, hex edit the fah file to create a .bz file and then extract the exe using Winrar. I have tried setting the FAH client to use IE settings, neither "yes" nor "no" yields any success. Although, if I specify "yes" to use IE settings I then have problems uploading and downloading WU's and results. I typically have no problem up/downloading WU's and results. Only cores. Attached is the latest failure. I would appreciate any ideas. BTW, I am running XP Professional and Windows Server 2003. Both the XP and 2003 machines have the same problem.
# Windows Console Edition #####################################################
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Folding@Home Client Version 5.04beta
http://folding.stanford.edu
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Launch directory: C:\Program Files\Folding@Home-Console1
Service: C:\Program Files\Folding@Home-Console1\FAH504-Console.exe
Arguments: -svcstart -local
Launched as a service.
Entered C:\Program Files\Folding@Home-Console1 to do work.
[07:04:31] - Ask before connecting: No
[07:04:31] - User name: MarcTaylor (Team 111429)
[07:04:31] - User ID: 54C772E1AEC8297
[07:04:31] - Machine ID: 1
[07:04:31]
[07:04:31] Loaded queue successfully.
[07:04:31] + Benchmarking ...
[07:04:33] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[07:04:33] + Attempting to get work packet
[07:04:33] + Attempting to send results
[07:04:33] - Connecting to assignment server
[07:04:33] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.122.88).
[07:04:33] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[07:04:34] Loaded queue successfully.
[07:04:45] + Closed connections
[07:04:45]
[07:04:45] + Processing work unit
[07:04:45] Core required: FahCore_7b.exe
[07:04:45] Core not found.
[07:04:45] - Core is not present or corrupted.
[07:04:45] - Attempting to download new core...
[07:04:45] + Downloading new core: FahCore_7b.exe
[07:04:46] - Error: HTTP GET returned error code 0
[07:04:46] + Error: Could not download core
[07:04:46] + Core download error (#2), waiting before retry...
[07:04:54] + Downloading new core: FahCore_7b.exe
[07:04:55] - Error: HTTP GET returned error code 0
[07:04:55] + Error: Could not download core
[07:04:55] + Core download error (#3), waiting before retry...
[07:05:09] Service stop request received.
Folding@Home Client Shutdown.
Hardware configuration: Intel i7-4770K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR3-2133 Corsair Vengence (black/red), EVGA GTX 760 @ 1200 MHz, on an Asus Maximus VI Hero MB (black/red), in a blacked out Antec P280 Tower, with a Xigmatek Night Hawk (black) HSF, Seasonic 760w Platinum (black case, sleeves, wires), 4 SilenX 120mm Case fans with silicon fan gaskets and silicon mounts (all black), a 512GB Samsung SSD (black), and a 2TB Black Western Digital HD (silver/black).
I have a DSL connection (1.5Mb). I am behind a Netgear router which performs NAT, but is not set to block any traffic. What is odd to me is that WU's download fine and I am also able to upload results. Only the core downloads fail. BTW, I connected my machine directly to the Internet connection and it still failed. My XP machine has the Windows Firewall enabled (it is not throwing any error/exception messages, and my W2003 server is not running a software-based firewall.
Hardware configuration: Intel i7-4770K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR3-2133 Corsair Vengence (black/red), EVGA GTX 760 @ 1200 MHz, on an Asus Maximus VI Hero MB (black/red), in a blacked out Antec P280 Tower, with a Xigmatek Night Hawk (black) HSF, Seasonic 760w Platinum (black case, sleeves, wires), 4 SilenX 120mm Case fans with silicon fan gaskets and silicon mounts (all black), a 512GB Samsung SSD (black), and a 2TB Black Western Digital HD (silver/black).