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PantherX wrote:The default options of the single user are best in this case to test the issue out.

Strange that V7.4.4 didn't not automatically create a config.xml file (not sure why that is since it should as long as it has the correct permissions and directory).

Can you please post the log file showing the download of the WU and the attempted download of a FahCore? Do note that the previous 16 logs are saved in the logs Folder by default so you can still get them.

If the "old" folder is roaming/FAHClient then where is the "new" folder? It sounds like a path issue which could be why your installations didn't work.

Do note that the WU defines what FahCore and version to use so you aren't missing out by the "old" FahCore. It will update it in future if necessary. However, I would strongly suggest that you set the client to Finish and then uninstall everything F@H related and proceed with a fresh installation of a single user with default settings and see what happens.

*********************** Log Started 2014-04-27T03:12:06Z ***********************
03:12:06:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
03:12:06:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
03:12:06:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2014 Stanford University
03:12:06:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
03:12:06:         Args: 
03:12:06:       Config: C:/Users/Silver_Pharaoh/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
03:12:06:******************************** Build ********************************
03:12:06:      Version: 7.4.4
03:12:06:         Date: Mar 4 2014
03:12:06:         Time: 20:26:54
03:12:06:      SVN Rev: 4130
03:12:06:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
03:12:06:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
03:12:06:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
03:12:06:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
03:12:06:     Platform: win32 XP
03:12:06:         Bits: 32
03:12:06:         Mode: Release
03:12:06:******************************* System ********************************
03:12:06:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz
03:12:06:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
03:12:06:         CPUs: 4
03:12:06:       Memory: 5.96GiB
03:12:06:  Free Memory: 2.56GiB
03:12:06:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
03:12:06:   OS Version: 6.1
03:12:06:  Has Battery: false
03:12:06:   On Battery: false
03:12:06:   UTC Offset: -4
03:12:06:          PID: 8940
03:12:06:          CWD: C:/Users/Silver_Pharaoh/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
03:12:06:           OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
03:12:06:      OS Arch: AMD64
03:12:06:         GPUs: 2
03:12:06:        GPU 0: ATI:4 Barts PRO [Radeon HD 6800 Series]
03:12:06:        GPU 1: ATI:5 Hawaii [Radeon R9 200 Series]
03:12:06:         CUDA: Not detected
03:12:06:Win32 Service: false
03:12:06:***********************************************************************
03:12:06:<config>
03:12:06:  <!-- Folding Core -->
03:12:06:  <checkpoint v='20'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
03:12:06:  <cause v='ALZHEIMERS'/>
03:12:06:  <gpu v='false'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Network -->
03:12:06:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Slot Control -->
03:12:06:  <power v='full'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- User Information -->
03:12:06:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
03:12:06:  <team v='32'/>
03:12:06:  <user v='Silver_Pharaoh'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
03:12:06:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
03:12:06:    <cpus v='2'/>
03:12:06:    <max-packet-size v='small'/>
03:12:06:    <paused v='true'/>
03:12:06:  </slot>
03:12:06:</config>
03:12:06:Trying to access database...
03:12:06:Successfully acquired database lock
03:12:06:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:2 (by user)
03:12:20:FS00:Unpaused
03:12:20:WU00:FS00:Downloading core from http://www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/Core_a4.fah
03:12:20:WU00:FS00:Connecting to www.stanford.edu:80

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...To be safe, I copied my old FAHclient folder to my desktop, then install version 7.4.4.
I then copied the core folder from my FAHclient folder on the desktop, to the new one in appdata/roaming/FAHclient. ...

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...As for the log file of the WU being downloaded..... It is gone.
Likely becasue I have re-installed and restarted the client many many times in the past hour to try and get this fixed.
All I have is the one showing the core download:

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*********************** Log Started 2014-04-27T03:12:06Z ***********************
03:12:06:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
03:12:06:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
03:12:06:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2014 Stanford University
03:12:06:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
03:12:06:         Args: 
03:12:06:       Config: C:/Users/Silver_Pharaoh/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
03:12:06:******************************** Build ********************************
03:12:06:      Version: 7.4.4
03:12:06:         Date: Mar 4 2014
03:12:06:         Time: 20:26:54
03:12:06:      SVN Rev: 4130
03:12:06:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
03:12:06:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
03:12:06:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
03:12:06:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
03:12:06:     Platform: win32 XP
03:12:06:         Bits: 32
03:12:06:         Mode: Release
03:12:06:******************************* System ********************************
03:12:06:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz
03:12:06:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
03:12:06:         CPUs: 4
03:12:06:       Memory: 5.96GiB
03:12:06:  Free Memory: 2.56GiB
03:12:06:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
03:12:06:   OS Version: 6.1
03:12:06:  Has Battery: false
03:12:06:   On Battery: false
03:12:06:   UTC Offset: -4
03:12:06:          PID: 8940
03:12:06:          CWD: C:/Users/Silver_Pharaoh/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
03:12:06:           OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
03:12:06:      OS Arch: AMD64
03:12:06:         GPUs: 2
03:12:06:        GPU 0: ATI:4 Barts PRO [Radeon HD 6800 Series]
03:12:06:        GPU 1: ATI:5 Hawaii [Radeon R9 200 Series]
03:12:06:         CUDA: Not detected
03:12:06:Win32 Service: false
03:12:06:***********************************************************************
03:12:06:<config>
03:12:06:  <!-- Folding Core -->
03:12:06:  <checkpoint v='20'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
03:12:06:  <cause v='ALZHEIMERS'/>
03:12:06:  <gpu v='false'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Network -->
03:12:06:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Slot Control -->
03:12:06:  <power v='full'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- User Information -->
03:12:06:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
03:12:06:  <team v='32'/>
03:12:06:  <user v='Silver_Pharaoh'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
03:12:06:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
03:12:06:    <cpus v='2'/>
03:12:06:    <max-packet-size v='small'/>
03:12:06:    <paused v='true'/>
03:12:06:  </slot>
03:12:06:</config>
03:12:06:Trying to access database...
03:12:06:Successfully acquired database lock
03:12:06:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:2 (by user)
03:12:20:FS00:Unpaused
03:12:20:WU00:FS00:Downloading core from http://www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/Core_a4.fah
03:12:20:WU00:FS00:Connecting to www.stanford.edu:80

Then the client "restarts" by that I mean this: Advanced control "loses" connection to the client, but regains it and goes from "connecting" to "updating" and just stays there.

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...It does not matter anyway. F@H has NEVER made a "config.xml" file for me. (At least version 7.4.0 and up IIRC)
So to get around that, I simply rename "sample-config.xml" to "config.xml" then configure the client to my needs.
IIRC that's how I made my first config file when I first installed F@H.

<config>
  <!-- Network -->
  <proxy v=':8080'/>

  <!-- Folding Slots -->
</config>

PantherX wrote:

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...To be safe, I copied my old FAHclient folder to my desktop, then install version 7.4.4.
I then copied the core folder from my FAHclient folder on the desktop, to the new one in appdata/roaming/FAHclient. ...

Thanks for the clarification.

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...As for the log file of the WU being downloaded..... It is gone.
Likely becasue I have re-installed and restarted the client many many times in the past hour to try and get this fixed.
All I have is the one showing the core download:

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*********************** Log Started 2014-04-27T03:12:06Z ***********************
03:12:06:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
03:12:06:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
03:12:06:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2014 Stanford University
03:12:06:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
03:12:06:         Args: 
03:12:06:       Config: C:/Users/Silver_Pharaoh/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
03:12:06:******************************** Build ********************************
03:12:06:      Version: 7.4.4
03:12:06:         Date: Mar 4 2014
03:12:06:         Time: 20:26:54
03:12:06:      SVN Rev: 4130
03:12:06:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
03:12:06:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
03:12:06:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
03:12:06:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
03:12:06:     Platform: win32 XP
03:12:06:         Bits: 32
03:12:06:         Mode: Release
03:12:06:******************************* System ********************************
03:12:06:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz
03:12:06:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
03:12:06:         CPUs: 4
03:12:06:       Memory: 5.96GiB
03:12:06:  Free Memory: 2.56GiB
03:12:06:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
03:12:06:   OS Version: 6.1
03:12:06:  Has Battery: false
03:12:06:   On Battery: false
03:12:06:   UTC Offset: -4
03:12:06:          PID: 8940
03:12:06:          CWD: C:/Users/Silver_Pharaoh/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
03:12:06:           OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
03:12:06:      OS Arch: AMD64
03:12:06:         GPUs: 2
03:12:06:        GPU 0: ATI:4 Barts PRO [Radeon HD 6800 Series]
03:12:06:        GPU 1: ATI:5 Hawaii [Radeon R9 200 Series]
03:12:06:         CUDA: Not detected
03:12:06:Win32 Service: false
03:12:06:***********************************************************************
03:12:06:<config>
03:12:06:  <!-- Folding Core -->
03:12:06:  <checkpoint v='20'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
03:12:06:  <cause v='ALZHEIMERS'/>
03:12:06:  <gpu v='false'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Network -->
03:12:06:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Slot Control -->
03:12:06:  <power v='full'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- User Information -->
03:12:06:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
03:12:06:  <team v='32'/>
03:12:06:  <user v='Silver_Pharaoh'/>
03:12:06:
03:12:06:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
03:12:06:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
03:12:06:    <cpus v='2'/>
03:12:06:    <max-packet-size v='small'/>
03:12:06:    <paused v='true'/>
03:12:06:  </slot>
03:12:06:</config>
03:12:06:Trying to access database...
03:12:06:Successfully acquired database lock
03:12:06:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:2 (by user)
03:12:20:FS00:Unpaused
03:12:20:WU00:FS00:Downloading core from http://www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/Core_a4.fah
03:12:20:WU00:FS00:Connecting to www.stanford.edu:80

Then the client "restarts" by that I mean this: Advanced control "loses" connection to the client, but regains it and goes from "connecting" to "updating" and just stays there.

Okay, in future, just remember to make a backup of the log file and log folder since it may contain some information. The log is showing a normal message. How long did you wait? If Advanced Control is loosing connection, then it means that some security application (firewall) might be causing an issue. You can still directly view the log file by opening in in a text editor (you may have to reload the text file as it will be updated).

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...It does not matter anyway. F@H has NEVER made a "config.xml" file for me. (At least version 7.4.0 and up IIRC)
So to get around that, I simply rename "sample-config.xml" to "config.xml" then configure the client to my needs.
IIRC that's how I made my first config file when I first installed F@H.

Extremely weird. Whenever I delete a config.xml, upon starting up, a new one is always created which contains this:

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<config>
  <!-- Network -->
  <proxy v=':8080'/>

  <!-- Folding Slots -->
</config>

Is there something unique about your system, for example, is it heavily modded to allow installation of third party themes or tweaks done to make the system faster, etc?

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...I waited at least 10 minutes... Still nothing happened.
Aslo, if I delete config.xml then start F@H, it does this all over again... Meaning FAHclient.exe starts but nothing happens.
If I put the config.xml file back, all is kosher and it runs fine... ...

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...The only "tweaks" are imaging the OS onto a RAID 0 array, and overclocking the BCLK and forcing a 33x multiplier via Intel's "Limited overclocking" on non K chips.

PantherX wrote: By chance, did you directly view the log file during the 10 minutes to see if anything was being written or not?
Maybe it is an installation issue which might be preventing FAHClient from creating a new config.xml since I can't reproduce it on any of my systems.


I was running V7.2.9 on RAID 0 and never encountered any issues and don't have any reason to think that V7.4.4 would be any different. Make sure that your RAID Drivers are fully updated and that there aren't any known issues in them. For troubleshooting reasons, could you remove any kind of overclock/tweaks and see if it makes any difference or not? Maybe a particular setting is being indirectly effected by your tweaks causing random issues, components might be stressed beyond their specification so may generate random errors (lack of sufficient cooling system), etc. The less variables there are in the problem, the easier is gets to solve it (hopefully).

*********************** Log Started 2014-04-27T21:06:32Z ***********************
21:06:32:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
21:06:32:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
21:06:32:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2014 Stanford University
21:06:32:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
21:06:32:         Args: --open-web-control
21:06:32:       Config: <none>
21:06:32:******************************** Build ********************************
21:06:32:      Version: 7.4.4
21:06:32:         Date: Mar 4 2014
21:06:32:         Time: 20:26:54
21:06:32:      SVN Rev: 4130
21:06:32:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
21:06:32:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
21:06:32:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
21:06:32:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
21:06:32:     Platform: win32 XP
21:06:32:         Bits: 32
21:06:32:         Mode: Release
21:06:32:******************************* System ********************************
21:06:32:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz
21:06:32:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
21:06:32:         CPUs: 4
21:06:32:       Memory: 5.96GiB
21:06:32:  Free Memory: 3.79GiB
21:06:32:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
21:06:32:   OS Version: 6.1
21:06:32:  Has Battery: false
21:06:32:   On Battery: false
21:06:32:   UTC Offset: -4
21:06:32:          PID: 7680
21:06:32:          CWD: C:/Users/Silver_Pharaoh/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
21:06:32:           OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
21:06:32:      OS Arch: AMD64
21:06:32:         GPUs: 2
21:06:32:        GPU 0: ATI:4 Barts PRO [Radeon HD 6800 Series]
21:06:32:        GPU 1: ATI:5 Hawaii [Radeon R9 200 Series]
21:06:32:         CUDA: Not detected
21:06:32:Win32 Service: false
21:06:32:***********************************************************************
21:06:32:<config>
21:06:32:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
21:06:32:</config>
21:06:32:Connecting to assign-GPU.stanford.edu:80

PantherX wrote:This would indicate that a default config was created:
21:06:32:<config>
21:06:32: <!-- Folding Slots -->
21:06:32:</config>

Is there a config.xml in the folder? Exiting the FAHClient may trigger a config save so if you exit FAHClient, is there a config.xml created?

Since you don't have any WUs assigned to your system now, maybe you can perform a fresh installation of V7.4.4 and see what happens (once you have installed the Intel RST Drivers and have updated Windows).

7im wrote:Like we've said before, not creating a config file is not normal. It works every time I have ever installed it. So yes, this is an issue specific to this computer.

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...At this point, Version 7.4.4 is running and folding fine...

Silver_Pharaoh wrote:...What do you guys think, safe to say my OS is borked enough to be causing this?

bruce wrote:Hopefully the new install is in directory with the right permissions. The screenshot at the top of this topic reports
CWD: C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient
which is what indicated that you were not using the proper shortcut. Presumably it's now something different. It would probably be helpful to see an updated version of those first few pages of the log.