BAD_POOL_CALLER

[Guest]

Upgrading my computer with a new motherboard (with integrated video), memory,
processor and hard drive. Partitioned and formatted hard drive. Started to
install Windows XP Pro when half way through the install, a blue screen with
the following error message appears: BAD_POOL_CALLER, Stop 0x000000C2
(0x00000007, 0x00000CD4, 0x00300030, 0xE174EA10). Not knowing what it meant,
I wiped the hard drive and re-formatted. Tried installing XP Pro again when
only a quarter of the way through a blue screen appears: BAD_POOL_CALLER,
Stop 0x000000C2 (0x00000040, 0x000F4000, 0x80000000, 0x00000000). There are
no adapter cards installed. Only an optical drive, no floppy. So which piece
of hardware is causing these errors? Thanks.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Jim Eshelman's web page - right hand
column
(C2)

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

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Will Denny
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Guest]

Reviewed the link, but don't understand how a faulty device driver could be
the cause when the operating system hasn't been fully installed yet. The
firmware is a possibility, but the latest BIOS revision was installed by the
manufacturer. Do you think if I install an AGP video card, that might
eliminate the integrated video as a possible cause of the problem?