New to Steam :: Help and Tips

nullable 29 DIC 2019 a las 16:34

Well what are your specs, and version of Windows? What games? Have you updated your drivers or anything? Have you tried running Steam as admin? What have you tried?

#1

76561198886975574 29 DIC 2019 a las 16:51

Uninstall of everything and reinstall of everything seems to have bootstrapper working. Having to re-download the games while typing this. Disappointed in the software I hope this isn't a vision of things to come. Crashed my system countless times in efforts to get it working. All drivers were and are the latest.

#2

76561198886975574 29 DIC 2019 a las 16:57

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-ECD81MH
System Manufacturer EVGA INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
System Model Default string
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU Default string
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz, 4001 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 2.01, 2/16/2017
SMBIOS Version 3.0
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer EVGA INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
BaseBoard Product 142-SS-E178
BaseBoard Version 1.0
Platform Role Mobile
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.18362.387"
User Name DESKTOP-ECD81MH\Russell
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 16.0 GB
Available Physical Memory 11.5 GB
Total Virtual Memory 18.3 GB
Available Virtual Memory 10.7 GB
Page File Space 2.38 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

[Hardware Resources]

[Conflicts/Sharing]

Resource Device
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF PCI-to-PCI Bridge
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF PCI-to-PCI Bridge

I/O Port 0x00000070-0x00000070 Motherboard resources
I/O Port 0x00000070-0x00000070 System CMOS/real time clock

IRQ 11 Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus - A123
IRQ 11 Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Thermal subsystem - A131

I/O Port 0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901
I/O Port 0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
I/O Port 0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge
I/O Port 0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge

Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFDABFFFF Motherboard resources
Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFDABFFFF Pci Bus

Memory Address 0xFF000000-0xFFFFFFFF Motherboard resources
Memory Address 0xFF000000-0xFFFFFFFF Legacy device

IRQ 16 Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - A160
IRQ 16 High Definition Audio Controller

IRQ 17 High Definition Audio Bus
IRQ 17 Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - A161

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Pci Bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge

Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xD01FFFFF Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xD01FFFFF AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xD01FFFFF Pci Bus
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xD01FFFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xD01FFFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB PCI-to-PCI Bridge
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB PCI-to-PCI Bridge

I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000C07F Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000C07F Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 - A112

Memory Address 0xDFA00000-0xDFBFFFFF Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901
Memory Address 0xDFA00000-0xDFBFFFFF AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Memory Address 0xDFA00000-0xDFBFFFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge
Memory Address 0xDFA00000-0xDFBFFFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge

Memory Address 0xDFC00000-0xDFCFFFFF Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 - A114
Memory Address 0xDFC00000-0xDFCFFFFF ASMedia USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft)

Memory Address 0xDFD00000-0xDFD3FFFF Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Memory Address 0xDFD00000-0xDFD3FFFF Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 - A112

I/O Port 0x0000D000-0x0000D01F Standard SATA AHCI Controller
I/O Port 0x0000D000-0x0000D01F Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 - A110

I/O Port 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources
I/O Port 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources
I/O Port 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources

[DMA]

Resource Device Status

[Forced Hardware]

Device PNP Device ID

[I/O]

Resource Device Status
0x0000002E-0x0000002F Motherboard resources OK
0x0000004E-0x0000004F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000061-0x00000061 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000063-0x00000063 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000065-0x00000065 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000067-0x00000067 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000070-0x00000070 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000070-0x00000070 System CMOS/real time clock OK
0x00000080-0x00000080 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000092-0x00000092 Motherboard resources OK
0x000000B2-0x000000B3 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000680-0x0000069F Motherboard resources OK
0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources OK
0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources OK
0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources OK
0x00001800-0x000018FE Motherboard resources OK
0x0000164E-0x0000164F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000800-0x0000087F Motherboard resources OK
0x000000F0-0x000000F0 Numeric data processor OK
0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901 OK
0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT OK
0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge OK
0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF PCI-to-PCI Bridge OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901 OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB PCI-to-PCI Bridge OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB PCI-to-PCI Bridge OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901 OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF PCI-to-PCI Bridge OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF PCI-to-PCI Bridge OK
0x0000F020-0x0000F03F Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus - A123 OK
0x00000040-0x00000043 System timer OK
0x00000050-0x00000053 System timer OK
0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Pci Bus OK
0x00000D00-0x0000FFFF Pci Bus OK
0x0000D050-0x0000D057 Standard SATA AHCI Controller OK
0x0000D040-0x0000D043 Standard SATA AHCI Controller OK
0x0000D030-0x0000D037 Standard SATA AHCI Controller OK
0x0000D020-0x0000D023 Standard SATA AHCI Controller OK
0x0000D000-0x0000D01F Standard SATA AHCI Controller OK
0x0000D000-0x0000D01F Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 - A110 OK
0x0000C000-0x0000C07F Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller OK
0x0000C000-0x0000C07F Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 - A112 OK
0x0000FF00-0x0000FFFE Motherboard resources OK
0x0000F050-0x0000F057 Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller OK
0x0000F040-0x0000F043 Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller OK
0x0000F000-0x0000F01F Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller OK
0x00000020-0x00000021 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00000024-0x00000025 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00000028-0x00000029 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x0000002C-0x0000002D Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00000030-0x00000031 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00000034-0x00000035 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00000038-0x00000039 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x0000003C-0x0000003D Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000A0-0x000000A1 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000A4-0x000000A5 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000A8-0x000000A9 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000AC-0x000000AD Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000B0-0x000000B1 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000B4-0x000000B5 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000B8-0x000000B9 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000BC-0x000000BD Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000004D0-0x000004D1 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00001854-0x00001857 Intel(R) Watchdog Timer Driver (Intel(R) WDT) OK

[IRQs]

Resource Device Status
IRQ 16 Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - A160 OK
IRQ 16 High Definition Audio Controller OK
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
IRQ 4294967282 Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0 (Microsoft) OK
IRQ 11 Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus - A123 OK
IRQ 11 Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Thermal subsystem - A131 OK
IRQ 17 High Definition Audio Bus OK
IRQ 17 Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - A161 OK
IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ 4294967283 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT OK
IRQ 4294967291 ASMedia USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) OK
IRQ 4294967290 ASMedia USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) OK
IRQ 4294967289 ASMedia USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) OK
IRQ 4294967288 ASMedia USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) OK
IRQ 4294967287 ASMedia USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) OK
IRQ 4294967286 ASMedia USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) OK
IRQ 4294967285 ASMedia USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) OK
IRQ 4294967284 ASMedia USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) OK
IRQ 4294967294 Standard SATA AHCI Controller OK
IRQ 4294967281 Intel(R) Management Engine Interface OK

#3

Komrade 29 DIC 2019 a las 16:59

OP you only have 2GB on your pagefile, increase it to 1.5x your physical RAM.

#4

GuRu Asaki 29 DIC 2019 a las 17:45

How does Increasing the Size help?

Also, what happens if you clean it out?

So that It's Empty? & starts to get bigger again?

Can this help speed things up at all?

#5

nullable 29 DIC 2019 a las 17:46

Publicado originalmente por rdc12261974:
Uninstall of everything and reinstall of everything seems to have bootstrapper working. Having to re-download the games while typing this. Disappointed in the software I hope this isn't a vision of things to come. Crashed my system countless times in efforts to get it working. All drivers were and are the latest.

I wouldn't worry too much, I've been using Steam for 15 years. It's generally been fine in my experience.

In the future you can coy the game folders to another location to back them up and plop them back in. Install the game to the location the game folder exists and Steam should detecting pre-existing game files and will just verify them, download anything missing. Saves quite a bit of time. And/or in another case if you and a roommate/spouse are both going to be playing a game with a large install (separate accounts and licenses), you can download it once and copy the files over the network to save bandwidth using that same strategy.

Publicado originalmente por GuRu Asaki:
How does Increasing the Size help?

Also, what happens if you clean it out?

So that It's Empty? & starts to get bigger again?

Can this help speed things up at all?

If you decided to micromanage your page file, don't. Just let Windows manage it (the default setting). And if you haven't ever fiddled with those settings notkennyS might be jumping the gun. Just because the page file isn't 24GB doesn't mean it's limited. After all I have 16GB of RAM and my pagefile is less than 8GB and that would just appear to be normal behavior, it's only as big as it needs to be.

Última edición por nullable; 29 DIC 2019 a las 17:52

#6

Jack Schitt 29 DIC 2019 a las 18:05

Yall'r analyzing this way too much. Steam uses a lot of memory. The bootstrapper is not the client. Shut down absolutely everything you're running other than the Steam Client and then try launching your games. Turn off and shut down:

- Virus scanners
- Firewalls
- Hardware and temperature monitors
- Tweaking utilities
Shut off absolutely everything except Windows and the Steam Client tasks. Then try your game(s).

Try it as a test.

#7

GuRu Asaki 29 DIC 2019 a las 18:41

If you decided to micromanage your page file, don't. Just let Windows manage it (the default setting). And if you haven't ever fiddled with those settings notkennyS might be jumping the gun. Just because the page file isn't 24GB doesn't mean it's limited. After all I have 16GB of RAM and my pagefile is less than 8GB and that would just appear to be normal behavior, it's only as big as it needs to be.

I don't mean that... I just meant... If my Paging File is Full,
& i'd like to clean some of it out, to get a more Fresh
smaller Paging File Size, & have the Computer re-page
some of the Cache on the PC?

This is not a good idea?

You know, like how people clean out Temp Files, Cache Files on the Internet...
We should not do this for the Paging Cache?

#8

nullable 29 DIC 2019 a las 19:26

Publicado originalmente por GuRu Asaki:

I don't mean that... I just meant... If my Paging File is Full,
& i'd like to clean some of it out, to get a more Fresh
smaller Paging File Size, & have the Computer re-page
some of the Cache on the PC?

This is not a good idea?

You don't need to intervene on behalf of your pagefile. Windows can handle it better than you can.

Publicado originalmente por GuRu Asaki:
You know, like how people clean out Temp Files, Cache Files on the Internet...
We should not do this for the Paging Cache?

No. You don't need to worry about it.

All of what you're describing is trying to micromanage something Windows has been doing fine for years and years without you having to worry over it.

#9

Jack Schitt 29 DIC 2019 a las 19:34

I agree. Don't mess with your page file. Here is a good article that explains what the page file is and does. Editing the size of the page file really doesn't do a whole lot for running games. Programs, and webpages, yes. Games...not so much.
https://www.howtogeek.com/126430/htg-explains-what-is-the-windows-page-file-and-should-you-disable-it/

For example people who are extremely savvy with some Adobe suite applications create a dedicated page file for the programs they use often that they find might be taking a while to compile something they created. That is where creating a dedicated swap file (page file) can be of benefit freeing up RAM the program can use to compile a video or very high resolution and/or detailed image faster. A dedicated page file might be possible to create for a game, whether the game uses it or not is another thing. Adobe suite applications are set up so if they have a dedicated page file they use it when it's needed.

If the windows page file is made the wrong size or too large bad things can happen or it can have the opposite effect than what was intended.

Don't mess with the page file.

I still think everyone else here is over analyzing and over thinking this. The OP is quite obviously running hardware monitors due to the details they shared. Those kinds of things can be shut down to conserve RAM and allow the game to use that RAM instead. They don't need to be running all of the time. They're troubleshooting and diagnostics tools, they're only really needed if and when there are problems. Shut some of that un-necessary stuff off, as a test shut the anti-virus program off. If those changes make a positive effect make sure the anti-virus is not interrupting the game you're running by telling it not to (create an exception).

Changing system files isn't the solution for this.

#10

76561198886975574 4 ENE 2020 a las 16:17

I have 16 gigs of ram and another 8 on the graphics card. RAM should not be an issue. How do i increase the RAM on my pagefile?

#11

76561198886975574 4 ENE 2020 a las 16:22

I am still having the same problem with the game video crashing about 1-2 minutes into playing. it doesn't seem to matter how I set the graphics. It makes no difference to the performance or time it takes to crash.

#12

Komrade 4 ENE 2020 a las 16:25

Publicado originalmente por rdc12261974:
I have 16 gigs of ram and another 8 on the graphics card. RAM should not be an issue. How do i increase the RAM on my pagefile?

Don't mess with the pagefile, that was my bad.

Publicado originalmente por rdc12261974:
I am still having the same problem with the game video crashing about 1-2 minutes into playing. it doesn't seem to matter how I set the graphics. It makes no difference to the performance or time it takes to crash.

Use HW Monitor and run a demanding game for 15-20 mins then report back the max temperatures.

#13

Komrade 4 ENE 2020 a las 16:26

Also, what is your PSU model number please?

#14

76561198886975574 4 ENE 2020 a las 16:27

Corsair 650 not sure of the model number though

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