Pc keeps crashing...

[WimpGrump_McWerp]

My computer keeps crashing at seemingly random times after exiting a game with the error code BAD_POOL_CALLER. It then crashes on startup a couple of times before returning to the login menu as normal.

I recently buildt it, and tried overclocking once, though i turned it back to normal right after I failed.

Keep in mind that im no technical guru.

 

Specs:

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[TidaLWaveZ]

Have you been able to access the operating system without error before the issue came up, or has it been problematic since built?

[VincentiusIV]

I would reset bios/uefi settings back to factory, just to be sure. 

 

You might've changed something for the overclock , and forgot to turn it back to default. 

[WimpGrump_McWerp]

5 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

Have you been able to access the operating system without error before the issue came up, or has it been problematic since built?

I have had problems since I built it, but it seems it is happening more recently now

[TidaLWaveZ]

1 minute ago, WimpGrump_McWerp said:

I have had problems since I built it, but it seems it is happening more recently now

 

This might seem a little harsh, but I wouldn't even try to overclock with that intel cooler.  You absolutely need to restore defaults in BIOS.

 

In my past experience invalid pool requests are usually tied to driver problems.  I would remove all drivers and re-install them or even do a fresh OS install.

[WimpGrump_McWerp]

25 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

 

This might seem a little harsh, but I wouldn't even try to overclock with that intel cooler.  You absolutely need to restore defaults in BIOS.

 

In my past experience invalid pool requests are usually tied to driver problems.  I would remove all drivers and re-install them or even do a fresh OS install.

I just reset the BIOS(didnt change anything), and am wondering if i need to reinstall drivers. What drivers do you think i need to reinstall?

[TidaLWaveZ]

Just now, WimpGrump_McWerp said:

I just reset the BIOS(didnt change anything), and am wondering if i need to reinstall drivers. What drivers do you think i need to reinstall?

Go into device manager and see if any exclamation points pop up.

 

I would uninstall/re-install chipset, GPU, Ethernet, wifi, and anything that you think could be at fault.

[NeoFrux]

To add to the recommendation to reinstall your drivers, I've seen cases in the past where the registry PagedPoolSize value sometimes needs to be increased to 0xFFFFFFFF. I can't really explain why this is the case, but some hardware and driver combinations seem to be more sensitive to it (the GeForce 500-series, IIRC, was bad about this). It might be worth giving it a shot.

 

I'd also download and flash the latest updated BIOS from ASUS; There have been many stability updates released over the past six months for the Z170-A, so it could be that this is resolved in the 1602 revision.