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Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:12 pm**

I have installed the freshest version of the FAH client (7.5.1). It never started folding. I repeatedly get the error message "Failed reading core package header".
It's possible to download Core_a7.fah manually. The download size is 7,038,080 bytes.

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*********************** Log Started 2020-04-07T03:17:33Z ***********************
03:17:33:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
03:17:33:        Website: https://foldingathome.org/
03:17:33:      Copyright: (c) 2009-2018 foldingathome.org
03:17:33:         Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
03:17:33:           Args: 
03:17:33:         Config: E:\ProgramData\FAHClient\config.xml
03:17:33:******************************** Build ********************************
03:17:33:        Version: 7.5.1
03:17:33:           Date: May 11 2018
03:17:33:           Time: 13:06:32
03:17:33:     Repository: Git
03:17:33:       Revision: 4705bf53c635f88b8fe85af7675557e15d491ff0
03:17:33:         Branch: master
03:17:33:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
03:17:33:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
03:17:33:       Platform: win32 10
03:17:33:           Bits: 32
03:17:33:           Mode: Release
03:17:33:******************************* System ********************************
03:17:33:            CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
03:17:33:         CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9
03:17:33:           CPUs: 8
03:17:33:         Memory: 15.83GiB
03:17:33:    Free Memory: 10.86GiB
03:17:33:        Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
03:17:33:     OS Version: 6.2
03:17:33:    Has Battery: true
03:17:33:     On Battery: false
03:17:33:     UTC Offset: 2
03:17:33:            PID: 18936
03:17:33:            CWD: E:\ProgramData\FAHClient
03:17:33:             OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
03:17:33:        OS Arch: AMD64
03:17:33:           GPUs: 1
03:17:33:          GPU 0: Bus:1 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:4 GM107GLM [Quadro M1200] 1399
03:17:33:  CUDA Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:5.0 Driver:10.1
03:17:33:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:1.2 Driver:431.40
03:17:33:OpenCL Device 1: Platform:1 Device:0 Bus:NA Slot:NA Compute:2.1 Driver:26.20
03:17:33:  Win32 Service: false
03:17:33:***********************************************************************
03:17:34:<config>
03:17:34:  <!-- User Information -->
03:17:34:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
03:17:34:  <user v='karsten.wolff'/>
03:17:34:
03:17:34:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
03:17:34:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
03:17:34:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'/>
03:17:34:</config>
03:17:34:Trying to access database...
03:17:34:Successfully acquired database lock
03:17:34:Enabled folding slot 00: READY cpu:3
03:17:34:Enabled folding slot 01: PAUSED gpu:0:GM107GLM [Quadro M1200] 1399 (waiting for idle)
03:17:34:WU00:FS00:Downloading core from http://cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/avx/Core_a7.fah
03:17:34:WU00:FS00:Connecting to cores.foldingathome.org:80
03:17:35:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Failed reading core package header.

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:48 am**

Welcome to the F@H Forum karsten.wolff,

By chance do you have any firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, etc applications on your system?

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:23 am**

Yes, there is a company firewall and an anti-virus check. Anti-virus gave no alarm (I also checked the logs) and fahclient.exe is registered in the firewall configuration. All connections (TCP/UDP) are allowed for it (domain, private and open networks).
Manual download of Core_a7.fah with a browser or curl (command line) is successful.
Can I save Core_a7.fah somewhere that it is automatically processed by the fahclient?

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:34 am**

If you can get the FahCore_a7, then the path on your system would be:
E:\ProgramData\FAHClient\cores\cores.foldingathome.org\Win32\AMD64\AVX\Core_a7.fah\FahCore_a7.exe

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