Bitcoin Core 0.10.2.0 x64 on Win 8.1 crashing

DarkMatter

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Well, probably nobody cares, but I'll update this thread anyway

After a few days of testing, I came up with the conclusion that the mainboard is faulty.
This was hardware from 2009, so not a great loss, but I really didn't need a new PC.
Anyway, I bought a new motherboard + cpu + memory, and after formatting, updating
and downloading the whole blockchain, everything is working properly.

Thanks to anyone who contributed to this post.
Se you on the moon!

DarkMatter

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New update: things get complicated...
So, i tested the processor with OCCT for a few hours, no problems and good temps.
Then i proceeded testing the memory with memtest86+... With all 4x2gb dimms the software crashed...
Testing 1 dimm at time works flawlessly. Testing again all of them together crashes again.
Ok, there's something more. Let's boot into windows again...
No way! BSOD, reboot. KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE ERROR.
Systems loads but... all the usb ports are not working. Leds on keyboard are frozen, and the mouse doesn't light up.
What the hell is going on? Let's reboot again... systems loads, no usb.
Let's check in the bios... Keyboard working. Ok, i guess it's a software problem.
Ok, let's try a ps2 keyboard... Frozen, too. Working in bios.
I left the computer turned off for a few hours, went out with friends and came back at home at 2am.
Powered it on... ps2 keyboard working. Why not try usb? Usb working again.
Can't find a significant error in the windows log.
I'm afraid there's something serious going on with the motherboard.
I'll dig the internet for the bsod error, i guess.

DarkMatter

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I'll first try testing cpu and memory.
Then I'll wipe clean the hard drive and do a write test on it.
Thanks everyone for the help. This may take a while, I'll update later.
Cheers!

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Tried uninstalling, removing data dir, and installing a freshly downloaded client.
Fatal error after a few minutes downloading

Code:

2015-07-04 01:34:26 UpdateTip: new best=000000000000099724b15ebd8556d0205d5589d860243bd9f48726c460f51658 height=127867 log2_work=63.229977 tx=593966 date=2011-06-01 00:12:33 progress=0.003462 cache=171137
2015-07-04 01:34:26 UpdateTip: new best=0000000000000e4e34b44d6e1fc7fb7bcd8ded69fa5f48dc628c9dde8216b8c3 height=127868 log2_work=63.230226 tx=594011 date=2011-06-01 00:15:53 progress=0.003462 cache=171177
2015-07-04 01:34:26 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000022e426c24cd660316c1259616f55b7239e9b1748408788c44fcc height=127869 log2_work=63.230476 tx=594039 date=2011-06-01 00:27:29 progress=0.003462 cache=171190
2015-07-04 01:34:26 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000025e74442e8711e727429cb6f9c3f0abf11a4e4b22d96fc56b229 height=127870 log2_work=63.230725 tx=594050 date=2011-06-01 00:33:19 progress=0.003462 cache=171194
2015-07-04 01:34:26 UpdateTip: new best=0000000000000dc000ce518d45ebecf26ebdfb40a4ade2c43e33361fd41ec777 height=127871 log2_work=63.230973 tx=594056 date=2011-06-01 00:34:13 progress=0.003462 cache=171196
2015-07-04 01:34:26 UpdateTip: new best=0000000000000e312b15bd1be69622ab20dcc87ddd468307ab8ad411becb242d height=127872 log2_work=63.231222 tx=594089 date=2011-06-01 00:43:10 progress=0.003462 cache=171208
2015-07-04 01:34:26 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000014c8ede8c55c720aceb0c2346f145e817df24b228f23ad445bfe height=127873 log2_work=63.231471 tx=594122 date=2011-06-01 01:05:06 progress=0.003462 cache=171214
2015-07-04 01:34:36 Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-07-04 01:34:36 *** System error while flushing: Database corrupted
2015-07-04 01:54:27 socket sending timeout: 1201s
2015-07-04 01:54:27 socket sending timeout: 1201s
2015-07-04 01:54:27 socket sending timeout: 1201s
2015-07-04 01:54:27 socket sending timeout: 1201s
2015-07-04 01:54:27 socket sending timeout: 1201s
2015-07-04 01:54:27 socket sending timeout: 1201s
2015-07-04 01:54:27 socket sending timeout: 1201s
2015-07-04 01:54:27 socket sending timeout: 1201s
2015-07-04 06:45:40 ERROR: ProcessNewBlock : ActivateBestChain failed
2015-07-04 06:45:40 socket send error An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. (10038)
2015-07-04 06:45:41 dumpaddr thread stop
2015-07-04 06:45:41 opencon thread interrupt
2015-07-04 06:45:41 msghand thread interrupt
2015-07-04 06:45:41 addcon thread interrupt
2015-07-04 06:45:41 net thread interrupt
2015-07-04 06:45:41 Shutdown: In progress...
2015-07-04 06:45:41 StopNode()
2015-07-04 06:45:41 Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-07-04 06:45:41 *** System error while flushing: Database corrupted
2015-07-04 06:45:42 Shutdown: done

Quote from: 2112 on July 03, 2015, 11:05:46 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

Anyway, I'm wondering how this corruption happened.

You have bad hardware: either SSD, SATA controller or DRAM memory.

Go get a Bittorrent client and download a bunch of multi-gigabyte files, maybe even the Bitcoin torrent. After download force the recheck of downloaded files multiple times in your Bittorrent client.

If you are moderately knowledgeable Windows user download some big files from Microsoft (e.g. Windows evaluation disk images) and multiple times verify SHA1 checksums that Microsoft supplies.

I'm betting on bad SSD, Bitcoin-Core uses write-ahead-logging databases that are pessimal case for SSD usage: lots of very short writes and no reads of the written logging data, which causes humongous write amplification.

Is any other database engine working correctly on your machine, e.g. MS-SQL or Oracle?

I'm not running the client on an SSD, I'm not crazy

No databases installed on this computer.
HD has healthy smart parameters, and an hdtune error check didn't find any problem on the disk surface.
I'll check for cpu and ram issue, but the system has been pretty rock solid since months, except for this.

DarkMatter

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Seriously, this is getting frustrating.
I renamed the old data directory, created a new empty one, and started the client.
It started downloading without problems.
After a few minutes tho...

Code:

2015-07-04 00:27:57 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000004549ccbc2ccd021b21f882835813420d3932b8f610a05983fbd height=139845 log2_work=65.956962 tx=1222272 date=2011-08-06 12:13:15 progress=0.007124 cache=49910
2015-07-04 00:27:57 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000008245307c26b31ffc1546197e7755684dabcb33da2b1d9b80169 height=139846 log2_work=65.957126 tx=1222343 date=2011-08-06 12:18:10 progress=0.007124 cache=49975
2015-07-04 00:27:57 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000001c6de90647d5f03cd3070991ec93b5bda6c3d235a3dd79e3844 height=139847 log2_work=65.957289 tx=1222410 date=2011-08-06 12:46:39 progress=0.007125 cache=50036
2015-07-04 00:27:57 UpdateTip: new best=0000000000000038501bff79db124e941a8959c5efdb39c2d2041f3c4bd172b3 height=139848 log2_work=65.957452 tx=1222490 date=2011-08-06 13:17:00 progress=0.007125 cache=50124
2015-07-04 00:27:57 LevelDB read failure: Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-07-04 00:27:57 Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-07-04 00:28:03 Error reading from database: Database corrupted

Anyone?
I'm running out of ideas..

DarkMatter

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Thank you, kind sir

Guess it's time to start downloading...

2112

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Quote from: DarkMatter on July 04, 2015, 01:56:07 AM

I'm not running the client on an SSD, I'm not crazy

No databases installed on this computer.
HD has healthy smart parameters, and an hdtune error check didn't find any problem on the disk surface.
I'll check for cpu and ram issue, but the system has been pretty rock solid since months, except for this.

I think hdtune only does read test, not the read-modify-write tests.

For CPU & RAM testing the best is "Torture test" in the Mersenne primes search program prime95.exe.

I also forgot the standard Windows database killers: online antivirus needs to be disabled.

Bitcoin-Core during initial synchronization is quite well optimized and really stresses the machine more than 95% of programs we've tested. So your "rock solid" doesn't mean much unless you've run something in the upper 5% of optimization & efficiency.

2112

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Quote from: ?? on ??

Anyway, I'm wondering how this corruption happened.

You have bad hardware: either SSD, SATA controller or DRAM memory.

Go get a Bittorrent client and download a bunch of multi-gigabyte files, maybe even the Bitcoin torrent. After download force the recheck of downloaded files multiple times in your Bittorrent client.

If you are moderately knowledgeable Windows user download some big files from Microsoft (e.g. Windows evaluation disk images) and multiple times verify SHA1 checksums that Microsoft supplies.

I'm betting on bad SSD, Bitcoin-Core uses write-ahead-logging databases that are pessimal case for SSD usage: lots of very short writes and no reads of the written logging data, which causes humongous write amplification.

Is any other database engine working correctly on your machine, e.g. MS-SQL or Oracle?

achow101

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I'm also running out of ideas. Try reinstalling. Besides that, the only thing I can think of is that your hard drive is failing.

achow101

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Quote from: ?? on ??

Sigh, it's gonna take ages Sad

Care to suggest me a good light client for the windows platform?
I'll move my bitcoins to it once I get back in control of them.

edit: Should I copy over my wallet.dat before or after synchronizing the blockchain data?

I would recommend MultiBit or electrum. I have used multibit before and it is pretty good. I haven't used electrum, but from what I have heard, it is a very nice client.

It doesn't matter when you copy the wallet.dat back, as long as it is there and replaces the one that Bitcoin Core generates.

achow101

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Yeah. Delete the whole directory and redownload the blockchain. It seems like the files containing the raw blocks was corrupted.

achow101

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Your database is corrupted again, so you need to reindex the whole thing. Anytime Bitcoin Core crashes or you terminate it without letting it shutdown properly, you will need to reindex the database. That should fix your problems.

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