BSOD Bad Pool Caller

PyroboyUK · 10 Sep 2006 at 19:09

I posted this problem a while back now and the problem was narrowed down to either Sound card or Ram after a lot of advice on the forums and internet searches on "Bad_Pool_Caller".

The reason i am re-posting now is becuase after gettin rid of the Crucial ram and gettin 2GB's Of Corsair XMS TwinX and the other night removing my sound card because of a problem with the microphone the problem still persists.
I only get the BSOD while playing Rainbow Six Raven Shield/Athena Sword, it happens ususally on the Ready up screen waiting to go in game online and doesnt happen often but i would rather it didnt happen at all.

Here are my Specs

AMD x2 3800+ (939)
A8N Sli Premium
2 GB's Corsair XMS TwinX
Hiper Type R 580W
SLi 7800GT 256mb

I would have thought the problem would stopped after removing 2 items of hardware that could have caused the problem

Limehouse · 10 Sep 2006 at 19:34

Not if the problem wasn't in those two pieces of hardware....

PyroboyUK · 12 Sep 2006 at 18:26

Would anyone know what else could cause this BSOD? When i researched it all i managed to see was Memory and Sound card which have both been changed.
But the only time it does happen is while playing Online in Rainbow Six Raven shield

rmuir · 14 Sep 2006 at 11:53

a quick google and i found this mate

badpoolcaller indicates this is a device driver conflict usually. This can be between two devices, or a virtual driver installed by a program. One of the more frequently mentioned items was two CD writing softwares butting heads. If you've installed any software lately, that's probably your first place to look.

PyroboyUK · 14 Sep 2006 at 13:32

Thanks for that, This would explain why its still happening after i took the Ram and fried soundcard out. I wish i could think back to when this started happening so i could see if i added any hardware at the time, Will look at the SLi that may have something to do with it.