BSOD!

Chaos1986 · Post by **Chaos1986** » 27 Jan 2007, 20:19

One Morning When My Grandmother Turned On Her Laptop She Had The Dreaded BSOD. The Message Said Something About A BAD_POOL_HEADER. What Does That Mean And I Already Fixed The Laptop By Using Safemode With Command Prompt. I'm Just Curious What A BAD_POOL_HEADER Is All About.

p99 · Post by **p99** » 27 Jan 2007, 20:36

http://www.tweaksforgeeks.com/BAD_POOL_HEADER.html
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic66251.html

It appears that this is caused by drivers for some devices.
If you don't get an answer here ask this at jinx.com. The member Ozzy_98 is a freaking Windows encyclopedia.

Chaos1986 · Post by **Chaos1986** » 27 Jan 2007, 20:47

Thank You Very Much p99. I Was Pretty Sure It Was A Software Problem. Now I Can Tell My Grandma What It Was That Did That To Her Laptop.

Nerdz · Post by **Nerdz** » 29 Jan 2007, 11:08

Recently, my mother's computer was always rebooting.... I tried wverything... Antivirus, cleaning all comp from dust, chkdsk /r, memtest, change videocard driver...

I then figured that 1 week before, she installed SP2. THEN I rollback and everything works! Thx SP2.

Post by **bad_brain** » 29 Jan 2007, 12:48

hehe, yeah, windows patches can be real fun....

a week ago my sister asked me to install an app for her, but it didn't worked because it needed SP1...so I installed it, and when done the mouse and keyboard were non-responsive, not just USB, even PS/2 wasn't working anymore...I did a repair install, mouse/keyboard worked again but the AGP port wasn't recognized anymore.....

after re-installing all drivers AGP was working again, but the screen went white after 2 seconds when nothing was moving on it.....well, we all know how such stuff ends: complete new setup...

Post by **Stavros** » 29 Jan 2007, 18:56

After much swearing I assume

Post by **Gogeta70** » 31 Jan 2007, 22:21

And to save people from future trouble, i'm going to give out the cause of a common problem that isn't often looked at. Sometimes, a computer will reboot or completely turn off randomly. Ever since the ATX form factor, power supplies now need a constant 5 volt flow running to the motherboard on a specific wire, called the "PWR_OK" wire. What this does is tell the computer that the power supply is in good enough shape to power up. If power from this line is lost at any time, the computer will turn off, reboot if it only looses power for a moment, or refuse to start. So, if you've tried everything, then try a new PSU, it might be the problem...

I hope this helps.

p99 · Post by **p99** » 31 Jan 2007, 23:51

Is this how the feature when you touch the computer case metal when running will make the computer reboot?

Loss of voltage because it's into something else?

Post by **Gogeta70** » 01 Feb 2007, 07:06

No, it's a cable plugged into your motherboard with your 20 pin, or 24 pin connector. It doesn't charge up the case, or it shouldn't...