BAD_POOL_HEADER Blue Screen of Death

[Guest Chris B]

I am running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2. My PC stopped

yesterday (06-02-08) at the so-called BAD_POOL_HEADER Blue Screen of Death.

It absolutely stopped. I pressed and held the start button until the PC

shut down. Then I restarted it and and it worked okay. Then I ran

CheckDisk and it has been working okay for a day. This is the first time I

have had this with blue. I had one similar with a white background and

regular print. (can't remember for sure about text details of this past

event, but, it was several weeks ago)

 

The error message:

 

"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent

damage to your computer.

 

BAD_POOL_HEADER

 

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your

computer. It this screen appears again, follow these steps:

 

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. (AVG

8 Free is the latest new software, updates have been frequently installed)

If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer

for any windows updates you might need.

 

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or

software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you

need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart you computer,

press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.

 

Technical Information:

 

*** STOP: 0x00000010 (0x00000020, 0x8736D280, 0x8736D290, 0x0A020001)"

 

Any simpler ideas on preventing this again? Thanks.

 

 

Chris.

[Guest Andrew E.]

RE: BAD_POOL_HEADER Blue Screen of Death

 

Try running "Driver Verifier" to troubleshoot,pool types & info is included

with it,read kb244617

 

"Chris B" wrote:

> I am running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2. My PC stopped

> yesterday (06-02-08) at the so-called BAD_POOL_HEADER Blue Screen of Death.

> It absolutely stopped. I pressed and held the start button until the PC

> shut down. Then I restarted it and and it worked okay. Then I ran

> CheckDisk and it has been working okay for a day. This is the first time I

> have had this with blue. I had one similar with a white background and

> regular print. (can't remember for sure about text details of this past

> event, but, it was several weeks ago)

>

> The error message:

>

> "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent

> damage to your computer.

>

> BAD_POOL_HEADER

>

> If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your

> computer. It this screen appears again, follow these steps:

>

> Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. (AVG

> 8 Free is the latest new software, updates have been frequently installed)

> If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer

> for any windows updates you might need.

>

> If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or

> software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you

> need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart you computer,

> press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.

>

> Technical Information:

>

> *** STOP: 0x00000010 (0x00000020, 0x8736D280, 0x8736D290, 0x0A020001)"

>

> Any simpler ideas on preventing this again? Thanks.

>

>

> Chris.

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