Memory dump files without an actual crash?

[liberty610]

Hey guys.

I'm curious about something.... I just recently had a new Intel motherboard die on me that needs RAMed, so I had to revert back to my last AMD board. I re-installed windows 10 pro (the latest version from Micro$oft with the anniversary update already applied).

I'm seeing something odd to me, that I can't remember seeing before. I use CCleaner all the time on my pc to clean browser historys and what, and for some reason, even though I am not getting any system crashes (to my knowledge anyways), Ccleaner is finding 1 or 2 memory dump files over a gig in size when I run it from time to time. This has happened a couple times now. I have only had this board back in running for a couple days, so I'm not sure exactly when the dump files come back. But it found dump files last night, and then again this morning. But, I have not had any system crashes? I have be able to work without issues on it. I've shut down a couple times and what not, and booted up with out any issues, but no crashes

Is this normal behavior that I have just overlooked in the past? Or is this something I should look into more?

Thanks for any help/replies.

 

[cin19]

The info for the memory dump files: http://www.howtogeek.com/196672/windows-memory-dumps-what-exactly-are-they-for/

If the PC runs fine don't worry about the dump files, you can delete them. And you can use other method to check the error message(s), recommend to use the windows event viewer. How to http://www.howtogeek.com/school/using-windows-admin-tools-like-a-pro/lesson3/

 

[liberty610]

Thanks. Like I said, it runs fine. I have not had a crash or unexpected shut down. I just found it strange I was getting random dump files like this when everything appears fine.

 

[cin19]

I know your PC runs fine, that is why I added the info link for the dump files, check it out, and don't worry about it.

 

[liberty610]

Ok, thank you very much for the replies and Info!