Windows 10: Help with Memory.

I have had this problem since I reinstalled Win 10 x64 2 weeks ago. These numbers where approximately the same before this last forced update. I have done some research, seems like everybody has the same problem but not to my extent. I know hardware reserves a bunch, especially my laptop video card. Any ideas our direction would help. Thanks guys. Please see attached.

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Using Malicious Software Removal Tool for Windows 10 March 2016 (KB890830)

In Windows 10, once you have installed the following as a bundle: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool for Windows 8, 8.1, 10 and Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 x64 Edition - March 2016 (KB890830) - using the usual windows update, how do you locate the
file, open the file to use the file to take advantage of the full features of the windows Malicious Software Removal Tool? Thank you.

 

Mouse cursor contsantly blinking and not working properly

I have the same problem. It will not let me select when the mouse pointer is flashing. I have to wait for the computer to be on for awhile to stop the flashing.

I have reinstalled the mouse software and updated the driver.

Any suggestions?

 

Open Resource monitor > Memory and it will give you more detailed memory usage.

 

Thanks CountMike, I know that, but even on a fresh reboot, why do I have as little as 5.5 gb of mem available to me?

 

Did this just start happening? Can you try removing one DIMM at a time and seeing how much is being reserved when you boot with only 8GB?

 

It's a Asus laptop with no compartments on the bottom, the whole machine has to come apart. But that's what I don't understand, its showing all 16 gb. When I first got the machine almost 2 years ago, it came with 8 gb, put in the 16 gb, booted the machine, and windows noticed it right away. I just never noticed this before. I had just had a stint of using Linux for 2 months because Win 10 crashed and I lost my recovery drive at the same time. Just re-installed a little over a week ago. I don't seem to be running slow, turned off un-needed services, all stuff I have been doing since XP, Vista and so on.

 

Open the website for the computer manufacturer > enter the product or serial number or model > select the operating system > view drivers and BIOS > post a URL or hyperlink into the thread.

Run the beta version of the log collector and post a zip into this thread:
log collector v2-beta08.zip
(extract > open)

 

X550ZE Driver & Tools | Laptops | ASUS Global

sorry uploaded wrong zip first time

 

1) Open file explorer > this PC > C: > in the right upper corner search for live-kernel-reports and see if there are any: USBXHCI.dmp > post one drive or drop box share links into the thread

2) The logs displayed that the computer was having some recent BSOD however there were no dump files.

3) Open Ccleaner > click windows tab > scroll down to system and advanced > post an image into the thread

4) In the left lower corner search type: system or system control > open system control panel > on the left pane click advanced system settings
a) > on the advanced tab under startup and recovery > click settings > post an image of the startup and recovery into the thread.
b) > on the advanced tab under performance > click on settings > under performance options > click on the advanced tab > under virtual memory > click on change > post an image of the virtual memory tab into the thread

5) Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:
a) sfc /scannow
b) dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
c) When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread
d) chkdsk /x /f /r (run this command on all drives using the syntax chkdsk /x /f /r C: or chkdsk /x /f /r G: and change the drive letter to the applicable drive.
This may take many hours so plan to run overnight.

C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk /x /f /r

The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.
Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process.
Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

Type: Y
reboot

6) Use the information in this link to find the chkdsk report in the event viewer > copy and paste > notepad > post one drive or drop box share links into the thread:
Read Chkdsk Log in Event Viewer in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials

7) Check the BIOS: BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 206, 9/2/2015
Upgrade the BIOS to the latest version:
Version 208
2016/02/172.98 MBytes
BIOS 208
Fix the hardware ID

8) Uninstall Spider Player if possible during the troubleshooting process. If it is a necessity indicate that in the thread.

9) Run HD Tune on all drives:
HD Tune website
Post images into the thread for the results on these tabs:
a) Health (SMART)
b) Benchmark
c) Full error scan

10) In the left lower corner search type: msconfig > click boot tab > click advanced options > post an image into the thread of the BOOT advanced options window


Code: Event[1689]: Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-Ntfs Date: 2018-03-29T16:25:35.791 Event ID: 98 Task: N/A Level: Error Opcode: Info Keyword: N/A User: S-1-5-18 User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: strat4playPC Description: Volume G: (\Device\HarddiskVolume7) needs to be taken offline for a short time to perform a Spot Fix. Please run "CHKDSK /SPOTFIX" locally via the command line, or run "REPAIR-VOLUME <drive:>" locally or remotely via PowerShell.[/quote] Code: Event[1700]: Log Name: System Source: Disk Date: 2018-03-29T16:27:31.204 Event ID: 51 Task: N/A Level: Warning Opcode: N/A Keyword: Classic User: N/A User Name: N/A Computer: strat4playPC Description: An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 during a paging operation. Event[1701]: Log Name: System Source: Disk Date: 2018-03-29T16:27:31.204 Event ID: 51 Task: N/A Level: Warning Opcode: N/A Keyword: Classic User: N/A User Name: N/A Computer: strat4playPC Description: An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 during a paging operation. Event[1702]: Log Name: System Source: Disk Date: 2018-03-29T16:27:31.204 Event ID: 51 Task: N/A Level: Warning Opcode: N/A Keyword: Classic User: N/A User Name: N/A Computer: strat4playPC Description: An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 during a paging operation.[/quote] Code: Event[1698]: Log Name: System Source: Disk Date: 2018-03-29T16:26:54.215 Event ID: 153 Task: N/A Level: Warning Opcode: N/A Keyword: Classic User: N/A User Name: N/A Computer: strat4playPC Description: The IO operation at logical block address 0x3d69ff8 for Disk 1 (PDO name: \Device\00000074) was retried. Event[1699]: Log Name: System Source: Disk Date: 2018-03-29T16:27:14.668 Event ID: 153 Task: N/A Level: Warning Opcode: N/A Keyword: Classic User: N/A User Name: N/A Computer: strat4playPC Description: The IO operation at logical block address 0x3d69ff8 for Disk 1 (PDO name: \Device\00000074) was retried.[/quote] Code: Event[1303]: Log Name: System Source: Application Popup Date: 2018-03-29T07:22:24.215 Event ID: 26 Task: N/A Level: Information Opcode: Info Keyword: N/A User: S-1-5-18 User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: strat4playPC Description: Application popup: Spider.exe - Bad Image : C:\Program Files (x86)\Spider Player\Plugins\bass_aac.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support. Error status 0xc000012f. Event[1304]: Log Name: System Source: Application Popup Date: 2018-03-29T07:22:32.231 Event ID: 26 Task: N/A Level: Information Opcode: Info Keyword: N/A User: S-1-5-18 User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: strat4playPC Description: Application popup: Spider.exe - Bad Image : C:\Program Files (x86)\Spider Player\Plugins\bass_ac3.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support. Error status 0xc000012f.[/quote] Code: 3/30/2018 1:12 AM Windows Error Reporting Fault bucket , type 0 Event Name: BlueScreen Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: 3b P2: c0000005 P3: fffff800998a3f8e P4: ffff81014e4a6800 P5: 0 P6: 10_0_16299 P7: 0_0 P8: 768_1 P9: P10: Attached files: \\?\C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\032918-27984-01.dmp \\?\C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\WER-127343-0.sysdata.xml \\?\C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER938B.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER98CB.tmp.csv \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER98DC.tmp.txt These files may be available here: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\Kernel_3b_3bad8c197ada4d4d563f8ef22ceb6de0d46775_00000000_cab_03a312cd Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0 Report Id: 7616f0cf-43c1-489d-bce9-cfdc3f1b311a Report Status: 2049 Hashed bucket:3/30/2018 1:11 AM Windows Error Reporting Fault bucket , type 0 Event Name: BlueScreen Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: 3b P2: c0000005 P3: fffff800998a3f8e P4: ffff81014e4a6800 P5: 0 P6: 10_0_16299 P7: 0_0 P8: 768_1 P9: P10: Attached files: \\?\C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\032918-27984-01.dmp \\?\C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\WER-127343-0.sysdata.xml \\?\C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER938B.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER98CB.tmp.csv \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER98DC.tmp.txt These files may be available here: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\Kernel_3b_3bad8c197ada4d4d563f8ef22ceb6de0d46775_00000000_036e9929 Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0 Report Id: 7616f0cf-43c1-489d-bce9-cfdc3f1b311a Report Status: 4 Hashed bucket: 3/29/2018 7:33 PM Windows Error Reporting Fault bucket , type 0 Event Name: BlueScreen Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: 3b P2: c0000005 P3: fffff8009d723f8e P4: ffffd18a3dbe8800 P5: 0 P6: 10_0_16299 P7: 0_0 P8: 768_1 P9: P10: Attached files: \\?\C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\032918-29656-01.dmp \\?\C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\WER-309062-0.sysdata.xml \\?\C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4138.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4139.tmp.csv \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4178.tmp.txt These files may be available here: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\Kernel_3b_4dd97ff47f9f83c58c87378331d7553665c1f7_00000000_cab_19294415 Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0 Report Id: 2da7a016-8367-42f2-abb3-ba2f7f9110df Report Status: 2049 Hashed bucket: 3/29/2018 7:33 PM Windows Error Reporting Fault bucket , type 0 Event Name: BlueScreen Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: 3b P2: c0000005 P3: fffff8009d723f8e P4: ffffd18a3dbe8800 P5: 0 P6: 10_0_16299 P7: 0_0 P8: 768_1 P9: P10: Attached files: \\?\C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\032918-29656-01.dmp \\?\C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\WER-309062-0.sysdata.xml \\?\C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4138.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4139.tmp.csv \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4178.tmp.txt These files may be available here: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\Kernel_3b_4dd97ff47f9f83c58c87378331d7553665c1f7_00000000_03794185 Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0 Report Id: 2da7a016-8367-42f2-abb3-ba2f7f9110df Report Status: 4 Hashed bucket:[/quote]

 

I know what the BSOD was. Been having trouble running my Focusrite USB music interface, I was running it as my main sound device also. I noticed the BSOD after I saw the level meters go a little crazy, sound would go in and out, then BSOD. The other stuff I will look into, may not get to it today, but thanks for all your help.

 

Earlier the post was updated to post another image and a link for the chkdsk results

 

Did you by any chance playing with msconfig ?
Win+R->Msconfig and check as shown in screen shot.
If you put a check mark as the first screen, you'll get the hardware reserved as shown below.




Uncheck will shown the Hardware reserved is 51.7MB