mikeiechan Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 fail hash check,what does this mean?i see this message in the logger part all the time1.am i doing anything wrong2.is there a problem with the torrent iam downloading3.how should i fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 It means the data downloaded was corrupted and thrown away. It will automatically redownload it. There's nothing to worry about or do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeiechan Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 i see,sorry for asking so much question,iam just a noob when it comes to using utorrent or other software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetPimp4 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 I am using 1.8.1 and I get a lot of "PIECE XXX FAILED HASH CHECK" messages in my log. Once the download is done it is usually corrupted if it is a compressed file or if it is a video, it has many glitches. If I re-download the torrent it forces a recheck, it finds the errors and re-downloads the broken pieces. But unless I get zero Hash Check messages the download is bad. µTorrent doesn't seem to be resolving these Failed pieces automatically like the forums say it should. Am I assuming that restarting the download and over and over until all the errors are corrected is the only way to solve this ongoing issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 uT discards and redownloads pieces with hashfails.If the download is complete and you force a recheck, no piece is discarded (except in the case of edge pieces in multi-file torrent with skipped files) so maybe you have an hardware issue like bad sectors on your HD or RAM issues. It can be a source of corrupt data.Did you check your HD ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetPimp4 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 yep, it's not hardware. After digging deeper in forums and the FAQ I found a mention of using DMZ with a Dlink router. I disabled it. I've started testing and haven't had a single Failed Hash. I think that may have fixed my issues! I'll keep testing. Thank you for responding so quickly.Also, doing the speed test and setting my speed settings to 1 notch lower than the max helped a lot with my download speeds. So I recommend disabling DMZ on any router you have. Just in case anyone else is still having Failed Hashes like I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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