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BOINC v7.0.28 x64 Windows 8 - problem running SETI@Home Enhanced 6.03
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Shawn H. Hall Send message Joined: 4 Jun 99 Posts: 5 Credit: 1,210,523 RAC: 24 |
I have Windows 8 and BOINC v7.0.28 x64 running SETI@Home Enhanced 6.03. The files download and then immediately say "Download Failed." Astropulse files work fine. I have looked on the message boards but have not found anyone addressing this problem exactly as I am having it. Here is a brief summary of what my platform is: ------------------------------------------------------------------- OS Name Microsoft Windows 8 Version 6.2.9200 Build 9200 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name NEWPOWERACE System Manufacturer TOSHIBA System Model Satellite L875D System Type x64-based PC System SKU PSKFQU Processor AMD A6-4400M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics, 2700 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date Insyde Corp. 6.20, 10/24/2012 SMBIOS Version 2.7 Embedded Controller Version 6.00 BIOS Mode UEFI BaseBoard Manufacturer AMD BaseBoard Model Not Available BaseBoard Name Base Board Platform Role Mobile Secure Boot State On PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible Windows Directory C:\windows System Directory C:\windows\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.2.9200.16442" User Name NewPowerAce\Shawn H. Hall Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB Total Physical Memory 5.46 GB Available Physical Memory 2.69 GB Total Virtual Memory 6.34 GB Available Virtual Memory 2.55 GB Page File Space 896 MB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes ------------------------------------------------------------------- Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Shawn H. |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
Your ISP has a problem with image files. It appears to recompress them, which gives errors such as: <file_xfer_error> <file_name>seti_603.jpg</file_name> <error_code>-200</error_code> </file_xfer_error> You can get around that by going into your Account (available from the top and bottom menu bar here at Seti, or else from the Menu bar in BOINC Manager), computing preferences (this is a direct link), editing them and changing "Skip image file verification?" from No to Yes, saving changes to the preferences site with the "Update preferences" button, then opening BOINC Manager->Selecting the Seti project->Click Update. |
Shawn H. Hall Send message Joined: 4 Jun 99 Posts: 5 Credit: 1,210,523 RAC: 24 |
I haven't checked to see if that fixed the problem or not, but I do believe that you have solved my problem after looking at the log files. Thanks a lot, I do appreciate your time. Shawn H. |
Shawn H. Hall Send message Joined: 4 Jun 99 Posts: 5 Credit: 1,210,523 RAC: 24 |
Well, sad to say, but that did not fix my problem. Here is a sample message set that I copied from the log (I know that the timestamp is from before the attempted fix, but the new messages are exactly the same): 4/5/2013 12:58:28 PM | SETI@home | Finished download of seti_603.jpg 4/5/2013 12:58:28 PM | SETI@home | [error] File seti_603.jpg has wrong size: expected 9068, got 5712 4/5/2013 12:58:28 PM | SETI@home | [error] Checksum or signature error for seti_603.jpg So what now? I am a long-time participant, but know very little about the workings of this or any other project. I just installed it many years ago, originally to give my always-on computers something to do, and to use the screensaver to prevent burn-in on my monitors. Consequently, I cannot "heal thyself," so to speak. I would appreciate it if anyone is interested in figuring this out for me. Thanks, Shawn H. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13720 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Did you make sure the client on the computer updated after you made the changes? Grant Darwin NT |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
What if you download the file yourself and store it in your Seti directory? That's default on Windows 8 at C:\Programdata\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\ and it will be a hidden directory, so you either have to fill in the path directly in Windows Explorer, or set Windows to show hidden files and folders. You can find this image file at http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/download_fanout/seti_603.jpg |
Shawn H. Hall Send message Joined: 4 Jun 99 Posts: 5 Credit: 1,210,523 RAC: 24 |
I can't believe it. I updated SETI@Home MANY times since the solution was first posted. I just checked the app and, you guessed it, the box wasn't checked. I wonder why the app didn't sync with the web after so many updates? Oh, well. It's definitely working now. Thanks a lot, Shawn H. |
Shawn H. Hall Send message Joined: 4 Jun 99 Posts: 5 Credit: 1,210,523 RAC: 24 |
What if you download the file yourself and store it in your Seti directory? Thanks for this bit of info. I definitely like to have alternatives to everything if they may be useful. This will be very useful, I'm sure, at some point or other, as I have had problems in the past and will surely have more in the future. Shawn H. |
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