Bad pool header

[dinjo]

I have been getting bad pool header bsod at startup with windows not even booting in safe mode how can I verify which hardware has gone wrong

 

[vishalrao]

Looks like RAM errors, try removing extra RAM modules, one by one and different ones, and booting to see if you can identify which one is bad.

If you can get bootable memtest program on USB or CD, try running that...

 

[dinjo]

I tried removing gpu and putting it onboard didn't help also cleaned ram

 

[anfjavid]

google it.....

 

[dinjo]

I would done that on first place but since on cell phone I could not try it

 

[6pack]

its a ram problem or device driver problem. any hardware you recently installed with out proper device drivers?

 

[dinjo]

Nothing was installed not sure what went wrong I'm thinking the motherboard has gone bad any way I can verify ?

 

[asingh]

Most probably the RAM.

 

[anfjavid]

try booting it with win 7 startup to verify the cause of the issue. If your pc cant boot even to the recovery console with the startup disk, then the accused is the mobo or ram...

 

[cooleagle]

I have been getting bad pool header bsod at startup with windows not even booting in safe mode how can I verify which hardware has gone wrong

If it does boot into the win 7 Disk then try running a Memtest which is shown before the Install screen comes up. If RAM modules are causing an issue it could be confirmed whether they are faulty.

 

[dinjo]

Memtest did came up and it was taking too long so stopped it

 

[asingh]

^^

It is an over night run.

 

[cooleagle]

Memtest did came up and it was taking too long so stopped it

I think you should do a overnight run if & only if you don't have any option or you can't ascertain WTH is at fault.

BTW as far as I remember you can limit the no. of cycles & type of sequences your RAM is tested for, so if you tinker with the settings a bit if you know the differences between the settings then the run time can be reduced.

 

[asingh]

You getting any BSOD dumps..? If yes, post the last 5 on a file share. Can look them over.

 

[dinjo]

How do i get last 5 lines ?

 

[asingh]

^^

Last 5 dump files.

 

[dinjo]

As soon i start it comes with BSOD

 

[asingh]

Run an over night MEMTEST, DOS mode.

 

[cooleagle]

You getting any BSOD dumps..? If yes, post the last 5 on a file share. Can look them over.

Could you tell me how can you ascertain the issue by checking the dump files.

As in what to look for and using what ?

 

[asingh]

There is a Blue Screen Viewer or a WinDebug utility. They can extract crash information from the dump file.