BSOD

PyroboyUK

PyroboyUK

PyroboyUK

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I am yet again having problems with my Rig.
The problem is that when playing my fav game Rainbow Six Raven Shield at random times i get a BSOD saying at the top in caps "BAD_POOL_CALLER". Does anyone know what could be causing this BSOD. The problem has only started in the last day or 2 and i have had the game installed on this rig since about last november.
Here are the specs if it helps -

AMD X2 3800+
Asus A8n SLi Premium
1 x 1Gb crucial Ballistix (usually 2 other stick is gettin RMA)
7800 Gt 256mb (SLi)
seagate Barracuda 300Gb
Maxtor 80gb IDE
Hyper Type R 580W
 
Oh Fantastic!!! another stick of Crucial to be RMA'd, now i bet u dont see that often lol. Let that be a lesson to all. Be careful around crucial becuase this is prob another stick of RAM going back for a month.
 
Ok i got my Ultimate Boot CD and ran the Memtest 86+. It run for 50 Mins and i imagine that it went through all the tests within 50mins, correct me if wrong please. No errors showed up during the test which worrys me could something else be causing the BSOD "Bad pool Caller"?
 
I think its a driver issue actually, not the memory.

You don't happen to have a soundcard installed do you?

Thanks! :)
 
Yea i got a Sound Blaster Live 5.1. Had it for a long time now, i am not the most knowlagable on sound cards never been my strong point. But as far as i am aware all the drivers are up to date never had any problems with it before.

Also while on the subject my mate offered to sell me his Audigy 4 sound card are these cards any good?
 
PyroboyUK said:
Yea i got a Sound Blaster Live 5.1. Had it for a long time now, i am not the most knowlagable on sound cards never been my strong point. But as far as i am aware all the drivers are up to date never had any problems with it before.

Also while on the subject my mate offered to sell me his Audigy 4 sound card are these cards any good?
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If you can boot into safe-mode I'd try re-installing perhaps some drivers to see if that cures the problem. Try the sound card, chipset, etc and see if that helps. :)

With regards to the Audigy4 it depends on the price, as the X-Fi Music is a cracking card, great sound clarity. But I think the Audigy4 is good, but I'd prefer to go with the X-Fi (but I'm slightly bias anywho ;) )
 
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