Torrents downloading to 99.9% then getting errors

[DownTheSky]

It seems to happen especially with big files. The bigger the download, the higher the chance. It's all good until the end when a small part of the file fails hash checks and the program downloads it over and over again until I cancel it. On last torrent that was working while I was gaming I've got over 1GB of hash fails.

Things I've tried:
changing download path(over multiple HDDs and SSD) - didn't work
changing client - didn't work
different net connection - didn't work

😕

 

[It's Not Lupus]

the seeds probably aren't reliable.

 

[beginner99]

well on public trackers there is just a ton of crap probably put there by the music and film industry to get users frustrated...and maybe even track them.

 

[DownTheSky]

Ok, let me rephrase: I'm getting this regardless of tracker/torrent. I've tried downloading same torrent multiple times and each time the broken part is different. :lol

 

[It's Not Lupus]

your torrent client probably isn't reliable.

 

[paperwastage]

Have you tested this on a torrent with known quality and seeds, eg Linux distro

 

[lif_andi]

Scan your computer with a good AV.

 

[DownTheSky]

Scan your computer with a good AV.

What should I use? I've got avast installed.

 

[lif_andi]

You could try the scan of Malwarebytes. Avast I hear is ok, so would have figured that is not your problem, but you should try just in case. Weird your packets are getting distorted.

 

[DownTheSky]

I've ran it and no virus detected. Could the problem be caused by defective hardware? (CPU or Memory). I've got a few blue screens recently at random times in windows, though games run ok. Upg mem not long ago.

 

[DownTheSky]

Thanks guys. It was a bad memory module. Can be closed. 🙂

 

[John Connor]

I knew it! Did you run Memtest86? Tip to anyone else. Run Memtest86+ over night. If found bad memory check each stick at one time.

 

[DownTheSky]

I knew it! Did you run Memtest86? Tip to anyone else. Run Memtest86+ over night. If found bad memory check each stick at one time.

No, I've gone the lazy route. Removed in turns each memory module and checked if torrents download w/o errors. :biggrin:

 

[John Connor]

I guess that works too. Sometimes your just not sure. I kept getting corrupted downloads from the Internet using Firefox and so I ran Memtest86+ and found a bad stick of RAM. I'm now down to 6 GB from 8 GB.