How to solve Receive error: 10053 connection was aborted by the software in your host machine for folding@home?

I wanted to follow Nvidia's call to action to donate unused GPU computing power to fight against COVID-19 and installed the Folding@home Client at Version 7.5.1 on a Windows 10 x64 machine.

My logs are full of messages that read:

ERROR:Receive error: 10053: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.

What am I doing wrong and how can I resolve this?


That's the start part of my log:

22:00:41:           Time: 13:06:32
22:00:41:     Repository: Git
22:00:41:       Revision: 4705bf53c635f88b8fe85af7675557e15d491ff0
22:00:41:         Branch: master
22:00:41:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
22:00:41:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
22:00:41:       Platform: win32 10
22:00:41:           Bits: 32
22:00:41:           Mode: Release
22:00:41:******************************* System ********************************
22:00:41:            CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
22:00:41:         CPU ID: AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 8 Stepping 2
22:00:41:           CPUs: 16
22:00:41:         Memory: 15.95GiB
22:00:41:    Free Memory: 11.42GiB
22:00:41:        Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
22:00:41:     OS Version: 6.2
22:00:41:    Has Battery: false
22:00:41:     On Battery: false
22:00:41:     UTC Offset: 1
22:00:41:            PID: 15596
22:00:41:            CWD: C:\Users\Philipp\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient
22:00:41:             OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
22:00:41:        OS Arch: AMD64
22:00:41:           GPUs: 1
22:00:41:          GPU 0: Bus:38 Slot:0 Func:0 AMD:5 Ellesmere XT [Radeon RX
22:00:41:                 470/480/570/580]
22:00:41:           CUDA: Not detected: Failed to open dynamic library 'nvcuda.dll': The
22:00:41:                 specified module could not be found.
22:00:41:
22:00:41:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:38 Slot:0 Compute:1.2 Driver:3004.7
22:00:41:  Win32 Service: false
22:00:41:***********************************************************************

I am now also seeing errors of the form:

14:31:47:ERROR:WU02:FS00:Exception: Could not get IP address for assign1.foldingathome.org: No such host is known. 

Solution 1:

Just wait and let the application idle. At one point, you will get work units.

(Additionally, it may help to restart the application in order to force a try of a download.)

Folding@Home announced via twitter:

Why has my machine not received any work units (WUs)?

We have been overwhelmed with support and donations, so our servers had to suddenly accommodate a large number of returned WUs. We are working on expanding our memory. Please bear with us as we address this surge.(3/8)

I let the application idle for hours, and at one point it took three CPU-bound tasks (one at a time, idling in between). Starting today, it took one GPU-bound job.

I assume the error message relates more to the local webinterface and is of no indication that the application itself is misconfigured.


18:55:53:WU00:FS01:Starting
18:55:53:WU00:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:\Users\Philipp\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/Core_22.fah/FahCore_22.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 705 -lifeline 19848 -checkpoint 15 -gpu-vendor amd -opencl-platform 0 -opencl-device 0 -gpu 0
18:55:53:WU00:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 25228
18:55:53:WU00:FS01:Core PID:24632
18:55:53:WU00:FS01:FahCore 0x22 started
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:*********************** Log Started 2020-03-16T18:55:54Z ***********************
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:*************************** Core22 Folding@home Core ***************************
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:       Type: 0x22
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:       Core: Core22
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:    Website: https://foldingathome.org/
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:  Copyright: (c) 2009-2018 foldingathome.org
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:     Author: John Chodera <[email protected]> and Rafal Wiewiora
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:             <[email protected]>
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:       Args: -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 705 -lifeline 25228 -checkpoint 15
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:             -gpu-vendor amd -opencl-platform 0 -opencl-device 0 -gpu 0
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:     Config: <none>
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:************************************ Build *************************************
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:    Version: 0.0.2
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:       Date: Dec 6 2019
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:       Time: 21:30:31
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22: Repository: Git
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:   Revision: abeb39247cc72df5af0f63723edafadb23d5dfbe
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:     Branch: HEAD
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:   Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:    Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:   Platform: win32 10
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:       Bits: 64
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:       Mode: Release
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:************************************ System ************************************
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:        CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:     CPU ID: AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 8 Stepping 2
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:       CPUs: 16
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:     Memory: 15.95GiB
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:Free Memory: 3.10GiB
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:    Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22: OS Version: 6.2
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:Has Battery: false
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22: On Battery: false
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22: UTC Offset: 1
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:        PID: 24632
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:        CWD: C:\Users\Philipp\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\work
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:         OS: Windows 10 Pro
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:    OS Arch: AMD64
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:********************************************************************************
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:Project: 11744 (Run 0, Clone 6316, Gen 6)
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:Unit: 0x000000098ca304f15e6bc433d4c43cac
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file core.xml
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file integrator.xml
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file state.xml
18:55:54:WU00:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file system.xml
18:55:55:WU00:FS01:0x22:Digital signatures verified
18:55:55:WU00:FS01:0x22:Folding@home GPU Core22 Folding@home Core
18:55:55:WU00:FS01:0x22:Version 0.0.2
18:56:10:WU00:FS01:0x22:Completed 0 out of 1000000 steps (0%)
18:56:10:WU00:FS01:0x22:Temperature control disabled. Requirements: single Nvidia GPU, tmax must be < 110 and twait >= 900