S
Slobodan Brcin
BAD_POOL_CALLER is one very puzzling error that I have started to see in
last ten days on one test device.
For testing purposes I have created 9 partitions some are FAT, some NTFS. As
number of partitions increased STOP 0xC2 became more dominant to the point
where I have almost 30% of BSOD compared to 70% successful boot.
This problem is affecting all XPE builds on this machine, some with RAM EWF,
some without, and also it is affecting XP that I'm using for network file
copy.
Device is based on Intel Desktop Board D875PBZ with P4-2400 HTT processor
and 2x256MB of 400MHz RAM.
Puzzle 1:
When I disable HTT everything work OK, always.
Puzzle 2:
I have tried to use kernel debugger remotely to try to diagnose what is
happening. But I'm never able to reproduce error while KD is connected, so I
can't really tell what is wrong.
This error is always (if happens) in moment when load progress should
complete animation and change resolution.
I have even tried one build with only MS basic drivers, no graphic drivers
etc, but if there is error it is at the same place and always the same.
Once I even saw this error in the moment FBA tried to start for first time.
I have put two complete error codes, but second and third parameters
changes, at least if I use different windows configurations.
BAD_POOL_CALLER
STOP:0xC2 (0x00000041, 0x81E7F000, 0x0000227F, 0x1FF2F) - Windows XP
STOP:0xC2 (0x00000041, 0xFCAEE000, 0x00000000, 0x1FF2F) - Windows XPE (boot
from HDD)
0x41 - The current thread attempted to free a nonallocated nonpaged pool
address.
Starting address
Physical page frame
Highest physical page frame
I have also remembered seeing this (similar) error in some old postings, and
found them.
Only common thing I can see is the presence of enabled HTT.
And in Katarina case I have same MB as she does.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=%2
3rYyJnHbDHA.2372%40TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=07
0001c34c29%24a0e94c80%24a401280a%40phx.gbl
I don't think that this is hardware malfunctioning because it should
manifest itself on other places as well, but this is manifested always at
the same moment.
I'm conducting parallel tests on the three different platforms (two are
based on 875 chipset), but I'm seeing this error only on Intel MB.
I must note that I have newer saw this error before I have added partitions
to troubled device. Other devices have four primary partitions. But I don't
see relevance of this (but some driver startup timings might be affected by
this).
I'll manage to contain this error, and I'm posting this just for the record.
And who knows Enabled HTT might even in some weird cases cause some system
critical driver to crash (very bad thing)
I'm curious in workaround Katarina and Nikolai did, and also is someone else
saw this problem, during the boot only (not anywhere during the regular
work).
I'm not worried, and in worst case I can disable HTT (but I would really
like to keep it enabled).
Any info or advice is appreciated.
Best regards,
Slobodan
last ten days on one test device.
For testing purposes I have created 9 partitions some are FAT, some NTFS. As
number of partitions increased STOP 0xC2 became more dominant to the point
where I have almost 30% of BSOD compared to 70% successful boot.
This problem is affecting all XPE builds on this machine, some with RAM EWF,
some without, and also it is affecting XP that I'm using for network file
copy.
Device is based on Intel Desktop Board D875PBZ with P4-2400 HTT processor
and 2x256MB of 400MHz RAM.
Puzzle 1:
When I disable HTT everything work OK, always.
Puzzle 2:
I have tried to use kernel debugger remotely to try to diagnose what is
happening. But I'm never able to reproduce error while KD is connected, so I
can't really tell what is wrong.
This error is always (if happens) in moment when load progress should
complete animation and change resolution.
I have even tried one build with only MS basic drivers, no graphic drivers
etc, but if there is error it is at the same place and always the same.
Once I even saw this error in the moment FBA tried to start for first time.
I have put two complete error codes, but second and third parameters
changes, at least if I use different windows configurations.
BAD_POOL_CALLER
STOP:0xC2 (0x00000041, 0x81E7F000, 0x0000227F, 0x1FF2F) - Windows XP
STOP:0xC2 (0x00000041, 0xFCAEE000, 0x00000000, 0x1FF2F) - Windows XPE (boot
from HDD)
0x41 - The current thread attempted to free a nonallocated nonpaged pool
address.
Starting address
Physical page frame
Highest physical page frame
I have also remembered seeing this (similar) error in some old postings, and
found them.
Only common thing I can see is the presence of enabled HTT.
And in Katarina case I have same MB as she does.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=%2
3rYyJnHbDHA.2372%40TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=07
0001c34c29%24a0e94c80%24a401280a%40phx.gbl
I don't think that this is hardware malfunctioning because it should
manifest itself on other places as well, but this is manifested always at
the same moment.
I'm conducting parallel tests on the three different platforms (two are
based on 875 chipset), but I'm seeing this error only on Intel MB.
I must note that I have newer saw this error before I have added partitions
to troubled device. Other devices have four primary partitions. But I don't
see relevance of this (but some driver startup timings might be affected by
this).
I'll manage to contain this error, and I'm posting this just for the record.
And who knows Enabled HTT might even in some weird cases cause some system
critical driver to crash (very bad thing)
I'm curious in workaround Katarina and Nikolai did, and also is someone else
saw this problem, during the boot only (not anywhere during the regular
work).
I'm not worried, and in worst case I can disable HTT (but I would really
like to keep it enabled).
Any info or advice is appreciated.
Best regards,
Slobodan