Read this MS article: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmd_stp_czgw.asp. It says this message is usually due to a bad driver.




Dianne Erdos-Rush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hi,
>After the computer crashed, I did a clean install of Windows XP Pro.  I got a strange error message at the same point two times.  So I thought, well, maybe the disk is corrupted or something.  So I attempted a clean install of Windows XP Home.  Same message, same time:
>A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED AND WINDOWS HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN.  BAD_POOL_CALLER
>
>FOLLOW THERE STEPS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM:
>-CHECK TO MAKE SURE NEW HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE IS PROPERLY INSTALLED.
>-IF PROBLEM PERSISTS DISABLE OR REMOVE NEWLY INSTALLED HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE
>-DISABLE BIOS MEMORY OPTIONS SUCH AS CHACHING OR SHADOWING
>TECHNICAL INFO:  STOP: 0X0000008E
>                       KMIXER.SYS - ADDRESS FAE30B08
>
>I dont understand, I was installing the operating system, no hardware was attached to the computer except the mouse and the monitor and the keyboard.  No software was installed since it was a clean install - hard disk formatted.
>I unfortunately did get the exact specs on the computer, it has 128 MB of RAM.


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