Win 10/ Updates/ BSOD's

OK.....then maybe I'm a little confused here: After running that SystemInfo tool, I chose Step 5 in the Tutorial, the "Automatically Fill Out Your System Specs.....".

I chose "Edit System Spec link at the bottom right corner of System Info"; I then clicked "Set info button at the top left corner to automatically enter the information from System Info", and then manually typed in the info that was not there (keyboard, monitor, mouse, etc.).

I then clicked on the "Save Changes button at the bottom to save them".

But ahhhh....then I see that in a previous post of yours, you said, "In the left corner below in your post you find 'My System Specs'. After clicking it you can find a link a little below that says 'Update your System Spec', click on this link to get to the page where you can fill in your system specs"..............sooo now I realize......what was the point in using that tool, and then that page where in auto-filled-in my system info? Because I have to just do it all again where you said to click on "a link a little below that says 'Update your System Spec', click on this link to get to the page where you can fill in your system specs".

I have to manually fill/ type in all this info again anyway? What was the point of that auto-fill tool & saving my changes? It didn't save it, did it?
Pez

OK, I updated my system specs.

So, with the zip file I uploaded, and the updated system specs, can you tell me anything about the BSOD's? We can move forward now?
Pez

Whenever there is a BSOD please post a new zip:
BSOD - Posting Instructions - Windows 10 Forums

Hi axe0; thanks for your reply.

OK, I navigated to where you instructed:

• open control panel,
• choose system,
• go to advanced system settings,
• choose tab advanced,
• choose settings in the performance section,
• choose advanced tab,
• click change

After that final step where I click on "Change", that brings up "Virtual Memory". At the top of this there is a check-mark in the box for "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives". Below that in the section labeled "Paging file size for each drive", the options in here are greyed-out (non-clickable), presumably because of the check-mark in the box for "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives", correct?

Then below this in the section labeled "Total paging file size for all drives", it has this listed:
- Minimum allowed: 16 MB
- Recommended: 4982 MB
- Currently allocated: 34816 MB

I don't know.....does that make sense? That seems somehow wrong to me. My total system RAM is 32 GB....and currently allocated is 34816 MB??? Isn't that roughly 34 GB? Isn't that technically more than I currently have physically installed on my motherboard?

Anyway....does the information I provided help in any way towards figuring out why I experienced my recent BSOD?
Pez

axe0: Kernel dump?

On the 1st page of this thread, BSODHunter said: "Can you provide us with the kernel memory dump please? Its located in C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. You can upload it to an cloud service like dropbox or onedrive." And I had replied that there is no file or folder by that name in my C:\Windows root folder.

Maybe this is part of my issue? That things are a little strange? From what you and BSODHunter are saying, it sounds like there should be a kernel dump in my C:\Windows folder.

From the BSOD that I had about a week ago, shouldn't it have left a record somewhere on my system? In my System Properties/ Startup and Recovery/ Settings, it's configured to perform a "Complete Memory Dump" in %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP

Something weird going on......

Any more ideas?
Pez

Wow, axe0: you just nailed it.

Soon after I had that BSOD, I used the built-in Windows tool of Disk Cleanup. And yup, that clears up some free space....and that's what probably got rid of that kernel dump/ Memory.dmp?
Pez