BAD POOL HEADER ERROR AFTER FRESH XP 2 INSTALL? DELL X300

[Guest wildman@noclient.net]

I just installed XP 2 Pro on a Dell Latitude x300. It was previously

running windows 2003 server.

 

Install appeared to go well and complete, but now when I boot I get

the blue screen with error:

 

BAD POOL HEADER and then it takes me to a menu where I can go into

Safe mode.

 

BTW, how do freeze that screen so i can read it all.. its only up

about 2 seconds.

 

I was able to go into safe mode and look at the event viewer and don't

see any errors except errors about select services not being able to

start in safe mode.

 

I open device manager and see the audio controller, network control

and pci modem are not configured, but this is normal on fresh

installs.

 

What could this be?

 

Thanks for any help or information.

[Guest Gerry]

Re: BAD POOL HEADER ERROR AFTER FRESH XP 2 INSTALL? DELL X300

 

Please post copies of the Stop Error Reports.

 

Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by

allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on

the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced,

Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before

Automatically Restart.

 

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have

resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message.

 

An alternative is to keep pressing the F8 key during Start-Up and select

option - Disable automatic restart on system failure.

 

If you are using a wireless keyboard and the F8 key does not work

substitute a wired keyboard and mouse for this exercise only.

 

Background information on Stop Error message 0x19

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms793223.aspx

 

0x00000019: BAD_POOL_HEADER

A pool header issue is a problem with Windows memory allocation. Device

driver issues are probably the mstt common, but this can have diverse

causes including bad sectors or other disk write issues, and problems

with some routers. (By theory, RAM problems would be suspect for memory

pool issues, but I haven't been able to confirm this as a cause.)

Source: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

 

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

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FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

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wildman@noclient.net wrote:

> I just installed XP 2 Pro on a Dell Latitude x300. It was previously

> running windows 2003 server.

>

> Install appeared to go well and complete, but now when I boot I get

> the blue screen with error:

>

> BAD POOL HEADER and then it takes me to a menu where I can go into

> Safe mode.

>

> BTW, how do freeze that screen so i can read it all.. its only up

> about 2 seconds.

>

> I was able to go into safe mode and look at the event viewer and don't

> see any errors except errors about select services not being able to

> start in safe mode.

>

> I open device manager and see the audio controller, network control

> and pci modem are not configured, but this is normal on fresh

> installs.

>

> What could this be?

>

> Thanks for any help or information.

[Guest wildman@noclient.net]

Re: BAD POOL HEADER ERROR AFTER FRESH XP 2 INSTALL? DELL X300

 

thanks.

 

BAD_POOL_HEADER

 

STOP: 0x00000019 (0x00000020,0x8251E4E8,0x8251E618,0x0A260065)

 

presuming this is the stop error report, if not where do I get that?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: BAD POOL HEADER ERROR AFTER FRESH XP 2 INSTALL? DELL X300

 

Pick 19 in the left column at the link below

http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

 

wildman@noclient.net wrote:

> thanks.

>

> BAD_POOL_HEADER

>

> STOP: 0x00000019 (0x00000020,0x8251E4E8,0x8251E618,0x0A260065)

>

> presuming this is the stop error report, if not where do I get that?

[Guest jc]

Re: BAD POOL HEADER ERROR AFTER FRESH XP 2 INSTALL? DELL X300

 

0x00000019: BAD_POOL_HEADER

(Click to consult the online MSDN article.)

A pool header issue is a problem with Windows memory allocation.

Device driver issues are probably the msot common, but this can have

diverse causes including bad sectors or other disk write issues, and

problems with some routers. (By theory, RAM problems would be suspect

for memory pool issues, but I haven't been able to confirm this as a

cause.)

 

 

Cause

The pool is already corrupted at the time of the current request.

 

This may or may not be due to the caller.

 

Resolving the Problem

The internal pool links must be walked to figure out a possible cause

of the problem.

 

Then you can use special pool for the suspect pool tags, or use Driver

Verifier on the suspect driver. The !analyze debugger extension may be

of help in pinpointing the suspect driver, but this is frequently not

the case with pool corrupters.

 

 

I doubt memory happen to go bad right now as I attempt to install XP

sp2.

 

Any idea how I can find the suspect driver?

 

Worth trying to reinstall Windows XP sp2?

 

It was running win 2003 for months prior to that with no problem?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: BAD POOL HEADER ERROR AFTER FRESH XP 2 INSTALL? DELL X300

 

You could try Disc Diagnostic from the Harddrive vendor, and there is

Memtest86 you can test memory with

 

http://www.memtest86.com/

 

 

jc wrote:

> 0x00000019: BAD_POOL_HEADER

> (Click to consult the online MSDN article.)

> A pool header issue is a problem with Windows memory allocation.

> Device driver issues are probably the msot common, but this can have

> diverse causes including bad sectors or other disk write issues, and

> problems with some routers. (By theory, RAM problems would be suspect

> for memory pool issues, but I haven't been able to confirm this as a

> cause.)

>

>

> Cause

> The pool is already corrupted at the time of the current request.

>

> This may or may not be due to the caller.

>

> Resolving the Problem

> The internal pool links must be walked to figure out a possible cause

> of the problem.

>

> Then you can use special pool for the suspect pool tags, or use Driver

> Verifier on the suspect driver. The !analyze debugger extension may be

> of help in pinpointing the suspect driver, but this is frequently not

> the case with pool corrupters.

>

>

> I doubt memory happen to go bad right now as I attempt to install XP

> sp2.

>

> Any idea how I can find the suspect driver?

>

> Worth trying to reinstall Windows XP sp2?

>

> It was running win 2003 for months prior to that with no problem?

[Guest Gerry]

Re: BAD POOL HEADER ERROR AFTER FRESH XP 2 INSTALL? DELL X300

 

That is the Stop Error Report. Sometimes there can be further

information on the lines below identifying the driver causing the

problem. You may get additional information from the corresponding

report in Event Viewer.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/tools/DrvVerifier.mspx

Using Driver Verifier is not an easy route to take.

 

Earlier you said "I open device manager and see the audio controller,

network control and pci modem are not configured, but this is normal on

fresh

installs." I am not sure you can ignore what I think you are saying!

 

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on

the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,

Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

 

Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What

drivers are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.

 

If the BSOD does not occur when accessing in safe mode that means it is

caused by a driver which only loads in normal mode. The Event Viewer

Reports about drivers not loading may offer a pointer?

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

wildman@noclient.net wrote:

> thanks.

>

> BAD_POOL_HEADER

>

> STOP: 0x00000019 (0x00000020,0x8251E4E8,0x8251E618,0x0A260065)

>

> presuming this is the stop error report, if not where do I get that?