BAD_POOL_CALLER

[aich69]

I have an XP machine that during boot was blue screening with a BAD_POOL_CALLER 0x0C2 message. The machine wouldn't boot into safe mode so was basically inaccessable.
I decided to do a repair install of XP. As it reaches the 'completing installation' phase of the install....it blue screens, possibly the same error but too fast to see.
I have checked the RAM, and that's good, I have removed all PCI cards from MOBO and replaced the AGP card with one I know to be good, I have disabled all onboard devices (ones I can do without)....all to no avail.
Anybody have any suggestions as to where to go next?

Any ideas greatly welcomed and appreciated.

 

[linney]

Stop 0xC2 or BAD_POOL_CALLER

http://www.updatexp.com/stop-messages.html

Have you tried stopping, if you have it, any Bios virus scanning? Setting the Bios to Safe Defaults, or updating it?

Might be a job for the Repairer, things like CPU and Motherboards come to mind, I hope I'm wrong, I usually am.

 

[aich69]

Hey linney....

No BIOS virus scanning is operating. Haven't tried BIOS to Safe Defaults... good call. Unfortunately, in this instance...I am the repairer... and I think you could be right about MOBO... I had this machine about a year ago after the onboard NIC gave up the ghost. Maybe it's on a slow self distruct?!

Thanks for the input.

aich69



(I beg to differ on the 'wrong' comment...you've come to the rescue before.)