# Etcher Verification Error Help

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**Category:** balenaEtcher\
**Created:** [September 3, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-verification-error-help/3873 "2018-09-03T07:26:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![as2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@as2006](https://forums.balena.io/u/as2006)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-verification-error-help/3873/1 "2018-09-03T07:26:20Z")

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Hi

I am trying to etch an zip file containing the iso for Raspbian Jessie using Etcher 1.4.4 on Win10 (64bit). I get a verification error as below. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated - thanks. I have tried this with older version of Jessie and after unzipping and formatting the SD card too - same outcome in all cases. Thanks.

Mon Sep 03 2018 17:10:47 GMT+1000 (AUS Eastern Standard Time) Verifying 1 devices, 99% at 15.4 MB/s (total 15.4 MB/s) eta in 0.29192154255319147s with 0 failed devices  
gui.js:105081 Fail: Object {device: “\.\PhysicalDrive1”, error: Object}device: "\.\PhysicalDrive1"error: Objectcode: "EVALIDATION"message: "Verification failed: {“sha512”:“78113b08ecd25f0b3817e08f8b24fa30559236e40facbea60023122e952fdd84902702b265289297e7504cf445f5899a751b21194ed44f076d909fef11e22a06”} != {“sha512”:“9d4fa21615978e22da4f4cf2b17b95b702dd333c4423000b806b22f4ab7a8882eccb66ccfa959b17aadf1920a8faabf32aa10db85a9c2fdffde005c107c851b3”}"name: “Error"stack: “Error: Verification failed: {“sha512”:“78113b08ecd25f0b3817e08f8b24fa30559236e40facbea60023122e952fdd84902702b265289297e7504cf445f5899a751b21194ed44f076d909fef11e22a06”} != {“sha512”:“9d4fa21615978e22da4f4cf2b17b95b702dd333c4423000b806b22f4ab7a8882eccb66ccfa959b17aadf1920a8faabf32aa10db85a9c2fdffde005c107c851b3”}↵ at Pipeline.pipeline.on (C:\Users\z9600866\AppData\Local\Programs\etcher\resources\app.asar\lib\sdk\writer\index.js:525:25)↵ at emitOne (events.js:96:13)↵ at Pipeline.emit (events.js:191:7)↵ at ChecksumStream.stream._pipageListeners.(anonymous function) (C:\Users\z9600866\AppData\Local\Programs\etcher\resources\app.asar\node\_modules\pipage\lib\pipeline.js:213:26)↵ at emitOne (events.js:96:13)↵ at ChecksumStream.emit (events.js:191:7)↵ at check (C:\Users\z9600866\AppData\Local\Programs\etcher\resources\app.asar\lib\sdk\writer\checksum-stream.js:84:14)↵ at Hash.hash.once (C:\Users\z9600866\AppData\Local\Programs\etcher\resources\app.asar\lib\sdk\writer\checksum-stream.js:94:7)↵ at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:293:19)↵ at emitNone (events.js:86:13)↵ at Hash.emit (events.js:188:7)↵ at emitReadable_ (\_stream\_readable.js:434:10)↵ at emitReadable (\_stream\_readable.js:428:7)↵ at readableAddChunk (\_stream\_readable.js:189:13)↵ at Hash.Readable.push (_stream\_readable.js:136:10)↵ at Hash.Transform.push (stream\_transform.js:128:32)" **proto** : Object\_\_proto_: Object  
gui.js:105081 Mon Sep 03 2018 17:10:47 GMT+1000 (AUS Eastern Standard Time) Flashing 0 devices, 100% at 0 MB/s (total 0 MB/s) eta in 0s with 1 failed devices  
gui.js:105081 Finish: 4661484032  
gui.js:105081 Flash results Object {results: Object, cancelled: false}  
gui.js:105081 Terminating IPC server  
gui.js:105081 Mon Sep 03 2018 17:10:51 GMT+1000 (AUS Eastern Standard Time) Done ({“image”:“C:\Users\z9600866\Downloads\2017-07-05-raspbian-jessie (1).zip”,“drives”:[”\\.\PhysicalDrive1”],“uuid”:“658e6728-3d48-4a45-aca5-ea26a4abe874”,“unmountOnSuccess”:true,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true})  
gui.js:105081 etcher:sdk:scanner start +11m true  
gui.js:105081 Mon Sep 03 2018 17:10:51 GMT+1000 (AUS Eastern Standard Time) Navigate ({“to”:“success”,“from”:“main”})

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**Author:** ![jhermsmeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jhermsmeier](https://forums.balena.io/u/jhermsmeier)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-verification-error-help/3873/2 "2018-09-10T11:51:23Z")

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Hi there, a verification error means that a difference was detected between what was written to the target device, and what was read back afterwards. This usually means that the SD-card has a fault – have you tried a different SD-card as well?