Bad_pool_header

Hi. I wanted to reinstall all my drivers, and i got the blue screen with BAD_POOL_HEADER message. any ideas what caused it?

thank you


proc: 2*Pentium D 2800MHz (L1 cache: 0 bytes, L2 cache: 1.00 Mb) Ext.clock: 200 MHz
mb: D945PVS Intel Corporation
ram: 2.04 Gb (2 093 100 Kb) DIMM1: 1.02 Gb DIMM2: 1.02 Gb
hd: WD 120Gb and WD 300GB
cd-rom: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3500AG (D
video c: VisionTek XTASY X600 XT: 1024 x 768 - True Color (32 bit)
O.S. : Windows XP Professional U.S. English 5.1 (build 2600 Service Pack 2) installed: 23-Dec-2005

 

Try to reinstall the drivers or windows if that doesnt work.

 

Please don't reccomend reinstalling Windows unless you know for sure its the only answer.

 

When does it happen, and what are you doing specifcally at the time?

 

Could be a SP2 issue...its been documented (google on BAD_POOL_HEADER and read the news there)

if you can de-install SP2 and are comfortable doing so, you'll know.

(you can always download and reinstall)


Hope that helps

 

it wAS happening when i was installing the MB drivers... I went to Last Working settings, and well im fine now. i ve got other problems now (one problem went away, another one came )

I get an error message, when starting windows: SiI controller missing.
also my pc doesn't make any sounds, i cannot run anything that uses sound either (like winamp, wmoviemaker...ets) when i try to run winamp, it saysBad DirectSound driver. i installed all the sound drivers avaliable from Intel website for my MB, but still nothing... help, please

 

I got my sound working... seems like i had too many drivers or something... so i uninstalled it, and the sound works. seems lke there was a driver conflict.
i am still getting the SiI controller error. what is that SiI controller?

 

I *think* its the RAID controller.