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Hi, me yet again :/

This time its random BSODS, (Blue Screens Of Death) for those that dont know,
Im running Win2k Pro sp4 as i have been for ages
I dont want to format, and am sure thats not required
I have latest Directx9.c
I have Servicepacks to 4, and crap beyond
and when i have like any stuff open like mirc, play a game, etc my screen goes Blue with the error msg "Bad pool Call and a load of numbers, completely random :/ @ this point i dunno wtf they are or if they are needed to help, all i know is im sick of this happening and thers like 1 month left on the warranty of this pc and i want/need to find out if it is hardware or not, i can get the numbers, (if required) next time this happens, I have done the obvious, so please dont point me to m$ as ivb'e been through there labarynth of a site and all its achieved is confusing the hell outta me even more.
as i say i have all the latest drivers for sound, video, directx, sp's
I have the same software on as i always have, I have 2 seagate 120gb drives, Abit IC7-G Board, 1 p4 2.8ghz, 2x512mb ddr corsair, 1 sblive (1024 i think, so damn many!) 1 dlink net card, 1 scsi card dunno make, 1 scsi teac cdrom, 1 pioneer dvd rom, 1 pioneer dvdr 107?
oh, and not much hair :/
any comments, suggestions, ideas, all greatly appreciated.

p.s. No Viruses or spyshit (to my knowledge)
Checked by nav corp 9, adaware, spybot & the cleaner!

Regards


Stavr0s

does this only happen when your online?

does this only happen when your online?


good question, ive been online for like months though, lol, (Adsl)
:D

Ive got the recommended disabled services, disabled though, rpc and messenger shite


thanks for your reply

Regards


Stavr0s

Bad pool call can be a few things and is hard to diagnose.

It can be a device driver, power supply, faulty ram etc.

It could even be a pool cleaner who does a bad job. :)

Get some programs to test your hardware like Sisoftware Sandra, Dr Hardware, MemTest etc to at least rule them out of the equation.

If you have compatible hardware you could swap over to eliminate possible causes then that would be a great help.

So what does it actually mean Inso? "bad pool Call"

I don't know all the meanings, but I do remember remember reading that "bad pool call" is sometimes a corrupt device driver trying to access the wrong resources, or faulty hardware not behaving as it should.

It could also be something completely different.

It's one of those wonderful, vague descriptions that only Microsoft do so well. :)

Registry thing. Use Restore, return to a time it worked.

btw, you can find answers much faster if you use a search engine & put in your phrase you got.

try:
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=67039

its an internet thing M8, are you on an ethernet link?

the error message is not bad pool call... i think its "bad pool caller"

If mt guess is correct you have ADSL....connected via USB..connect via Ethernet and all your woes should vanish