Re: Troubleshooting an XP BSOD

Borgholio wrote:
> 
> This one is a bit of a puzzle.  I've been playing an online game for a month
> or two and once in awhile I'll get a BSOD.  Checking the game's online
> forums seem to indicate that it's a sound issue.  I've tried several
> different versions of my sound card drivers, and reducing my hardware
> acceleration.  So far I haven't had any more BSODs while I was playing the
> game...but the strangest thing happened.  I woke up this morning and noticed
> that my computer had rebooted overnight.  I checked the system log and sure
> enough:
> 
> 0x00000019 (0x00000020, 0x86477000, 0x86477928, 0x0b250000)
> 
> Now seeing as how the computer wasn't doing squat at 2AM, and I was in bed,
> I don't see what could have happened.  Every online resource points to a
> device driver...yeah that narrows it down a bit.  :-/

This probably isn't too helpful, but:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/w2kmsgs/1140.asp

  [...]
  STOP: 0x00000019 (parameter, parameter, parameter, parameter) BAD_POOL_HEADER
  [...]

"BAD_POOL_HEADER" and "This indicates an invalid pool header" are the
descriptions.  Not very helpful, unless your computer went for a swim
overnight.

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