FAHCore_A7.exe has stopped working (APPCRASH)

[rpalri]

I've been folding on many computers. Just started an old laptop and am getting an error. As soon as I start folding, the app crashes and I get the message "FAHCore_A7.exe has stopped working"

10:11:58:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned an unknown error code which probably indicates that it crashed
10:11:58:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned: UNKNOWN_ENUM (20815913 = 0x13da029)

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*********************** Log Started 2020-05-23T09:32:27Z ***********************
09:32:27:Trying to access database...
09:32:27:Successfully acquired database lock
09:32:27:Read GPUs.txt
09:32:28:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:3 (by user)
09:32:28:ERROR:FS01:Exception: cuDeviceGetAttribute() returned 1
09:32:28:Enabled folding slot 01: PAUSED gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M] (by user)
09:32:29:****************************** FAHClient ******************************
09:32:29:        Version: 7.6.13
09:32:29:         Author: Joseph Coffland <[email protected]>
09:32:29:      Copyright: 2020 foldingathome.org
09:32:29:       Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
09:32:29:           Date: Apr 27 2020
09:32:29:           Time: 21:21:01
09:32:29:       Revision: 5a652817f46116b6e135503af97f18e094414e3b
09:32:29:         Branch: master
09:32:29:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
09:32:29:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
09:32:29:       Platform: win32 10
09:32:29:           Bits: 32
09:32:29:           Mode: Release
09:32:29:         Config: C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\config.xml
09:32:29:******************************** CBang ********************************
09:32:29:           Date: Apr 24 2020
09:32:29:           Time: 17:07:55
09:32:29:       Revision: ea081a3b3b0f4a37c4d0440b4f1bc184197c7797
09:32:29:         Branch: master
09:32:29:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
09:32:29:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
09:32:29:       Platform: win32 10
09:32:29:           Bits: 32
09:32:29:           Mode: Release
09:32:29:******************************* System ********************************
09:32:29:            CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
09:32:29:         CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
09:32:29:           CPUs: 4
09:32:29:         Memory: 2.92GiB
09:32:29:    Free Memory: 2.09GiB
09:32:29:        Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
09:32:29:     OS Version: 6.1
09:32:29:    Has Battery: true
09:32:29:     On Battery: false
09:32:29:     UTC Offset: 5
09:32:29:            PID: 2536
09:32:29:            CWD: C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient
09:32:29:  Win32 Service: false
09:32:29:             OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
09:32:29:        OS Arch: AMD64
09:32:29:           GPUs: 1
09:32:29:          GPU 0: Bus:1 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:1 GF106 [GeForce GT 520M]
09:32:29:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:1.1 Driver:285.90
09:32:29:******************************* libFAH ********************************
09:32:29:           Date: Apr 15 2020
09:32:29:           Time: 14:53:14
09:32:29:       Revision: 216968bc7025029c841ed6e36e81a03a316890d3
09:32:29:         Branch: master
09:32:29:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
09:32:29:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
09:32:29:       Platform: win32 10
09:32:29:           Bits: 32
09:32:29:           Mode: Release
09:32:29:***********************************************************************
09:32:29:<config>
09:32:29:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
09:32:29:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
09:32:29:
09:32:29:  <!-- Slot Control -->
09:32:29:  <power v='FULL'/>
09:32:29:
09:32:29:  <!-- User Information -->
09:32:29:  <passkey v='*****'/>
09:32:29:  <team v='264366'/>
09:32:29:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
09:32:29:
09:32:29:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
09:32:29:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
09:32:29:    <paused v='true'/>
09:32:29:  </slot>
09:32:29:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
09:32:29:    <paused v='true'/>
09:32:29:  </slot>
09:32:29:</config>
09:33:15:FS00:Unpaused
09:33:15:FS01:Unpaused
09:33:15:WU02:FS00:Starting
09:33:15:WU02:FS00:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/avx/Core_a7.fah/FahCore_a7.exe -dir 02 -suffix 01 -version 706 -lifeline 2536 -checkpoint 15 -np 3
09:33:15:WU02:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 3000
09:33:16:WU02:FS00:Core PID:3108
09:33:16:WU02:FS00:FahCore 0xa7 started
09:33:17:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
09:33:19:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
09:33:19:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M] from 192.0.2.1
09:33:19:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
09:33:20:WARNING:WU02:FS00:FahCore returned an unknown error code which probably indicates that it crashed
09:33:20:WARNING:WU02:FS00:FahCore returned: UNKNOWN_ENUM (-1073741795 = 0xc000001d)
09:33:20:WU02:FS00:Starting
09:33:20:WU02:FS00:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/avx/Core_a7.fah/FahCore_a7.exe -dir 02 -suffix 01 -version 706 -lifeline 2536 -checkpoint 15 -np 3
09:33:20:WU02:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 2760
09:33:20:WU02:FS00:Core PID:3084
09:33:20:WU02:FS00:FahCore 0xa7 started
09:33:28:Saving configuration to config.xml
09:33:28:<config>
09:33:28:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
09:33:28:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
09:33:28:
09:33:28:  <!-- Slot Control -->
09:33:28:  <power v='FULL'/>
09:33:28:
09:33:28:  <!-- User Information -->
09:33:28:  <passkey v='*****'/>
09:33:28:  <team v='264366'/>
09:33:28:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
09:33:28:
09:33:28:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
09:33:28:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
09:33:28:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'/>
09:33:28:</config>
09:33:29:FS00:Paused
09:33:29:FS01:Paused
09:33:29:FS00:Shutting core down
09:33:29:WARNING:WU02:FS00:FahCore returned an unknown error code which probably indicates that it crashed
09:33:29:WARNING:WU02:FS00:FahCore returned: UNKNOWN_ENUM (-1073741510 = 0xc000013a)
09:33:40:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
09:33:40:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
09:34:01:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 192.0.2.1:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
09:34:29:Saving configuration to config.xml
09:34:29:<config>
09:34:29:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
09:34:29:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
09:34:29:
09:34:29:  <!-- Slot Control -->
09:34:29:  <power v='FULL'/>
09:34:29:
09:34:29:  <!-- User Information -->
09:34:29:  <passkey v='*****'/>
09:34:29:  <team v='264366'/>
09:34:29:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
09:34:29:
09:34:29:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
09:34:29:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
09:34:29:    <paused v='true'/>
09:34:29:  </slot>
09:34:29:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
09:34:29:    <paused v='true'/>
09:34:29:  </slot>
09:34:29:</config>
10:02:48:Saving configuration to config.xml
10:02:48:<config>
10:02:48:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
10:02:48:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
10:02:48:
10:02:48:  <!-- Network -->
10:02:48:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
10:02:48:
10:02:48:  <!-- Slot Control -->
10:02:48:  <power v='FULL'/>
10:02:48:
10:02:48:  <!-- User Information -->
10:02:48:  <passkey v='*****'/>
10:02:48:  <team v='264366'/>
10:02:48:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
10:02:48:
10:02:48:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:02:48:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
10:02:48:    <paused v='true'/>
10:02:48:  </slot>
10:02:48:</config>
10:02:48:WARNING:WU02:Slot ID 0 no longer exists and there are no other matching slots, dumping
10:02:48:WU02:Sending unit results: id:02 state:SEND error:DUMPED project:13829 run:670 clone:1 gen:119 core:0xa7 unit:0x000000a080fccb095d66d35739b78fbd
10:02:49:WU02:Connecting to 128.252.203.9:8080
10:02:50:WU02:Server responded WORK_ACK (400)
10:02:50:WU02:Cleaning up
10:02:53:FS01:Unpaused
10:02:53:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
10:02:54:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
10:02:54:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M] from 192.0.2.1
10:02:54:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
10:02:57:Saving configuration to config.xml
10:02:57:<config>
10:02:57:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
10:02:57:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
10:02:57:
10:02:57:  <!-- Network -->
10:02:57:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
10:02:57:
10:02:57:  <!-- Slot Control -->
10:02:57:  <power v='FULL'/>
10:02:57:
10:02:57:  <!-- User Information -->
10:02:57:  <passkey v='*****'/>
10:02:57:  <team v='264366'/>
10:02:57:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
10:02:57:
10:02:57:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:02:57:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'/>
10:02:57:</config>
10:03:10:Saving configuration to config.xml
10:03:10:<config>
10:03:10:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
10:03:10:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
10:03:10:
10:03:10:  <!-- Network -->
10:03:10:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
10:03:10:
10:03:10:  <!-- Slot Control -->
10:03:10:  <power v='FULL'/>
10:03:10:
10:03:10:  <!-- User Information -->
10:03:10:  <passkey v='*****'/>
10:03:10:  <team v='264366'/>
10:03:10:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
10:03:10:
10:03:10:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:03:10:</config>
10:03:15:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
10:03:15:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
10:03:19:Adding folding slot 00: READY gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M]
10:03:19:Saving configuration to config.xml
10:03:19:<config>
10:03:19:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
10:03:19:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
10:03:19:
10:03:19:  <!-- Network -->
10:03:19:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
10:03:19:
10:03:19:  <!-- Slot Control -->
10:03:19:  <power v='FULL'/>
10:03:19:
10:03:19:  <!-- User Information -->
10:03:19:  <passkey v='*****'/>
10:03:19:  <team v='264366'/>
10:03:19:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
10:03:19:
10:03:19:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:03:19:  <slot id='0' type='GPU'/>
10:03:19:</config>
10:03:19:WU01:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
10:03:20:WU01:FS00:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
10:03:20:WU01:FS00:Requesting new work unit for slot 00: READY gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M] from 192.0.2.1
10:03:20:WU01:FS00:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
10:03:36:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 192.0.2.1:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
10:03:36:WU00:Slot ID 1 no longer exists and not yet downloaded, dumping
10:03:36:WU00:Cleaning up
10:03:41:WARNING:WU01:FS00:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
10:03:41:WU01:FS00:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
10:03:58:Saving configuration to config.xml
10:03:58:<config>
10:03:58:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
10:03:58:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
10:03:58:
10:03:58:  <!-- Network -->
10:03:58:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
10:03:58:
10:03:58:  <!-- Slot Control -->
10:03:58:  <power v='FULL'/>
10:03:58:
10:03:58:  <!-- User Information -->
10:03:58:  <passkey v='*****'/>
10:03:58:  <team v='264366'/>
10:03:58:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
10:03:58:
10:03:58:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:03:58:  <slot id='0' type='GPU'/>
10:03:58:</config>
10:04:03:ERROR:WU01:FS00:Exception: Failed to connect to 192.0.2.1:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
10:04:03:WU01:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
10:04:04:WU01:FS00:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
10:04:04:WU01:FS00:Requesting new work unit for slot 00: READY gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M] from 192.0.2.1
10:04:04:WU01:FS00:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
10:04:25:WARNING:WU01:FS00:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
10:04:25:WU01:FS00:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
10:04:35:Adding folding slot 01: READY cpu:4
10:04:35:Saving configuration to config.xml
10:04:35:<config>
10:04:35:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
10:04:35:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
10:04:35:
10:04:35:  <!-- Network -->
10:04:35:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
10:04:35:
10:04:35:  <!-- Slot Control -->
10:04:35:  <power v='FULL'/>
10:04:35:
10:04:35:  <!-- User Information -->
10:04:35:  <passkey v='*****'/>
10:04:35:  <team v='264366'/>
10:04:35:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
10:04:35:
10:04:35:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:04:35:  <slot id='1' type='CPU'/>
10:04:35:</config>
10:04:35:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
10:04:36:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 40.114.52.201
10:04:36:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY cpu:4 from 40.114.52.201
10:04:36:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 40.114.52.201:8080
10:04:37:WU00:FS01:Downloading 2.14MiB
10:04:40:WU00:FS01:Download complete
10:04:40:WU00:FS01:Received Unit: id:00 state:DOWNLOAD error:NO_ERROR project:13850 run:0 clone:30803 gen:114 core:0xa7 unit:0x0000008c287234c95e788c988b9dcc1c
10:04:41:WU00:FS01:Starting
10:04:41:WU00:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/avx/Core_a7.fah/FahCore_a7.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 706 -lifeline 2536 -checkpoint 15 -np 4
10:04:41:WU00:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 1280
10:04:41:WU00:FS01:Core PID:2816
10:04:41:WU00:FS01:FahCore 0xa7 started
10:04:46:ERROR:WU01:FS00:Exception: Failed to connect to 192.0.2.1:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
10:04:46:WU01:Slot ID 0 no longer exists and not yet downloaded, dumping
10:04:46:WU01:Cleaning up
10:04:59:Saving configuration to config.xml
10:04:59:<config>
10:04:59:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
10:04:59:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
10:04:59:
10:04:59:  <!-- Network -->
10:04:59:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
10:04:59:
10:04:59:  <!-- Slot Control -->
10:04:59:  <power v='FULL'/>
10:04:59:
10:04:59:  <!-- User Information -->
10:04:59:  <passkey v='*****'/>
10:04:59:  <team v='264366'/>
10:04:59:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
10:04:59:
10:04:59:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:04:59:  <slot id='1' type='CPU'/>
10:04:59:</config>
10:05:08:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned an unknown error code which probably indicates that it crashed
10:05:08:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned: UNKNOWN_ENUM (-1073741795 = 0xc000001d)
10:05:09:WU00:FS01:Starting
10:05:09:WU00:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/avx/Core_a7.fah/FahCore_a7.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 706 -lifeline 2536 -checkpoint 15 -np 4
10:05:09:WU00:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 1168
10:05:09:WU00:FS01:Core PID:1660
10:05:09:WU00:FS01:FahCore 0xa7 started
10:11:57:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned an unknown error code which probably indicates that it crashed
10:11:57:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned: UNKNOWN_ENUM (-1073741795 = 0xc000001d)
10:11:57:WU00:FS01:Starting
10:11:57:WU00:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/avx/Core_a7.fah/FahCore_a7.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 706 -lifeline 2536 -checkpoint 15 -np 4
10:11:57:WU00:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 4728
10:11:57:WU00:FS01:FahCore 0xa7 started
10:11:58:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned an unknown error code which probably indicates that it crashed
10:11:58:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned: UNKNOWN_ENUM (20815913 = 0x13da029)
10:12:00:FS01:Paused
10:12:06:Saving configuration to config.xml
10:12:06:<config>
10:12:06:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
10:12:06:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
10:12:06:
10:12:06:  <!-- Network -->
10:12:06:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
10:12:06:
10:12:06:  <!-- Slot Control -->
10:12:06:  <power v='FULL'/>
10:12:06:
10:12:06:  <!-- User Information -->
10:12:06:  <passkey v='*****'/>
10:12:06:  <team v='264366'/>
10:12:06:  <user v='palri-lenovo'/>
10:12:06:
10:12:06:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:12:06:  <slot id='1' type='CPU'>
10:12:06:    <paused v='true'/>
10:12:06:  </slot>
10:12:06:</config>

Please see if someone can help me.

[Joe_H]

The error is being passed through from the Windows OS, it is not directly from the F@h A7 core. As best as I can find, it may be related to AVX not being supported on your laptop properly. The original release of Windows 7 did not support AVX, that support was added in SP 1 and some hot fixes after that. Were all updates done on this laptop before MS ended support for Windows 7?

What the log does show is that the AVX version of the A7 folding core is being started. If AVX is not supported the client and server should use the SSE2 version of the A7 core, but that may not have been detected properly.

[rpalri]

Pardon my ignorance but I'm not familiar with all these technicalities. What do you mean by AVX and SSE2? What all can I try to troubleshoot this?
I googled for the error and did some simple troubleshooting like repairing windows registry files etc. But it did not solve the problem. Could you please elaborate on the possibile solutions? I'll follow your instructions to the last point and give you feedback for further correspondence.

[JimboPalmer]

There is a 'style' of computers called SIMD where one instruction is performed on many data registers at once.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMD

SSE2 is a form of SIMD introduced on the Pentium 4 in 2001, so almost all current CPUs can do SSE2. It can do four 32 bit floating point operations at once. I suspect SSE2 support is in every OS since Windows XP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE2

AVX is a much newer SIMD included in Sandy Bridge 'Core" CPUs in 2011. It can do the same floating point operation on eight 32 Bit data registers at once, so is a minimum of twice as fast as SSE2*. There are also improved instructions, so may be faster yet. As Joe_H is pointing out AVX is not supported by the base Windows 7, but support came in service packs. Windows 8 and up support AVX.

You can try to get Win 7 service packs, but Microsoft may not offer them. Upgrading to Windows 10 is a sure fire cure.

* AMD Zen and Zen+ CPUs internally do 2 micro ops to do 8 AVX registers, so the speed boost is much less. New Zen 2 CPUs are able to do all 8 at once, so get all the benefits of AVX.

As AVX uses twice as large registers than SSE2, older OS's do not save the whole registers when swapping applications. So a AVX program running on an SSE2 era OS might find half of each register with random data. Not good.



here is my 'trouble shooting' advice

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-down ... 7-is-dead/

[Joe_H]

SSE2 and AVX are instructions and associated registers that have been added to the original basic x86 set of instructions implemented in the design of the processors. They are what is called SIMD, Single Instruction Multiple Data, and execute the same computer instruction on several data items at once.

SSE2 is older, and is part of the SSE family which goes from SSE to SSE4. AVX dates back about 10 years, and is generally faster and can operate on more data at once than SSE. SSE2 will work on almost every Intel or AMD CPU made the last 15-20 years, so one version of the A7 core was created to support those CPUs that do not have support for AVX.

In your case the CPU in your laptop does support AVX. However use of AVX required OS support, and Windows 7 did not include that until SP 1 was released. In addition it needs to be enabled in the Boot Configuration Data - BCD.

Now I am not a big user of Windows and have not used 7 in years, so I can just offer what I found online for setting the BCD. First check that SP1 has been loaded on your Windows 7 laptop.

Then open a Command window and enter the following:

bcdedit /set xsavedisable 0 (to Enable AVX)

or

bcdedit /set xsavedisable 1 (to Disable AVX)

I believe you have to reboot after changing the setting. I don't know if any BIOS setting changes need to be made beyond this.

As JimboPalmer finished his response before me, I will say it is a bit more detailed on the SSE/AVX info. If you can, the suggestion to go to Windows 10 is a good one. As for update downloads, not sure what MS has available since the end of extended support for Windows 7 in January.

[JimboPalmer]

It often feels like we are dog piling on volunteers with questions, but it is true that neither Joe_H or I spent less than 5 minutes on our reply, so neither had seen the other's approach to the question.

And in this case, we took different approaches to our description and resolution of the issue, often multiple points of view help make an issue understood.

I once learned a Lecture style tell the audience what you are going to tell them, tell them the material, then summarize them what you just told them. Having more than one helper here in the forum can have that effect.

[bruce]

All that is true, but the basic thing you came here for was to solve a problem and we didn't solve it yet. In simple terms, for some reason we haven't figure out yet, through no fault of your own, your computer is trying to run software that it can't run.

Joe_h wondered if you have installed the WindowsUpdate changes that are applicable to Windows 7. Let's start there.

[rpalri]

I have unboxed the laptop after 4 years at the least. It runs Windows 7 Ultimate. It must have been updated before I put it in box, but certainly not after that. I can see on Google that SP1 was released in 2011, so I guess that must be updated. How do I check that anyways?

[uyaem]

I have unboxed the laptop after 4 years at the least. It runs Windows 7 Ultimate. It must have been updated before I put it in box, but certainly not after that. I can see on Google that SP1 was released in 2011, so I guess that must be updated. How do I check that anyways?

Press the key combination "Windows Key + Pause", that should bring up the System dialogue (otherwise via Control Panel -> System).
If top section Windows edition will include the literal "Service Pack 1" or "Service Pack 2", like so:

[rpalri]

Yes, it reads Service Pack 1 at that place.

[rpalri]

This is the recent error received:

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12:48:40:WU00:FS00:Starting
12:48:40:WU00:FS00:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/avx/Core_a7.fah/FahCore_a7.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 706 -lifeline 296 -checkpoint 15 -np 4
12:48:40:WU00:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 740
12:48:40:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0xa7 started
12:48:41:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned an unknown error code which probably indicates that it crashed
12:48:41:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: UNKNOWN_ENUM (12951593 = 0xc5a029)
12:48:41:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Too many errors, failing
12:48:41:WU00:FS00:Sending unit results: id:00 state:SEND error:FAILED project:13851 run:0 clone:18152 gen:135 core:0xa7 unit:0x000000a2287234c95e73012a26f14fe2
12:48:42:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 40.114.52.201:8080
12:48:43:WU00:FS00:Server responded WORK_ACK (400)
12:48:44:WU00:FS00:Cleaning up
13:40:24:84:127.0.0.1:New Web session
******************************* Date: 2020-05-24 *******************************
20:11:47:ERROR:Receive error: 10053: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.

[bruce]

do a FINISH (if possible) on the FAH WU and then see what Prime95 tells you. There's an article at Tom's Hardware that explains how to test AVX and other special extenstions to the basic operations of CPUs.

[rpalri]

So I uninstalled and reinstalled the software. Now the CPU has started folding. But GPU is giving the following error:

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*********************** Log Started 2020-05-25T08:05:29Z ***********************
08:05:32:ERROR:FS01:Exception: cuDeviceGetAttribute() returned 1
08:10:22:WU01:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
08:10:23:WU01:FS01:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
08:10:23:WU01:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M] from 192.0.2.1
08:10:23:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
08:10:44:WARNING:WU01:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
08:10:44:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
08:11:00:FS01:Paused
08:11:05:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 192.0.2.1:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
*********************** Log Started 2020-05-25T08:05:29Z ***********************
08:05:32:ERROR:FS01:Exception: cuDeviceGetAttribute() returned 1
08:10:22:WU01:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
08:10:23:WU01:FS01:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
08:10:23:WU01:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M] from 192.0.2.1
08:10:23:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
08:10:44:WARNING:WU01:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
08:10:44:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
08:11:00:FS01:Paused
08:11:05:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 192.0.2.1:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
08:11:37:FS01:Unpaused
08:11:37:WU01:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
08:11:38:WU01:FS01:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
08:11:38:WU01:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M] from 192.0.2.1
08:11:38:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
08:11:59:WARNING:WU01:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
08:11:59:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
08:12:20:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 192.0.2.1:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

[rpalri]

Then open a Command window and enter the following:

bcdedit /set xsavedisable 0 (to Enable AVX)

or

bcdedit /set xsavedisable 1 (to Disable AVX)

I believe you have to reboot after changing the setting. I don't know if any BIOS setting changes need to be made beyond this.

As JimboPalmer finished his response before me, I will say it is a bit more detailed on the SSE/AVX info. If you can, the suggestion to go to Windows 10 is a good one. As for update downloads, not sure what MS has available since the end of extended support for Windows 7 in January.

Your advice worked perfectly fine! It solved the main issue. Thank you Sir!
CPU is folding perfectly fine now, although GPU is still giving errors.

[PantherX]

It seems that your GPU is identified as an unsupported one:
Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF106 [GeForce GT 520M] from 192.0.2.1

Can you please post the first 100 lines from the top of the log file so we can see what the fresh installation has detected?