I did a quick search with Google and found that your problem is apparently
connected with the sound card or audio section of your motherboard. If you
have a sound card, remove it before installing XP. If the sound is built-in
on your motherboard, try disabling it through the BIOS setup routine before
you install XP.

If XP installs ok, then you can download the latest audio drivers for your
system and try adding them. Good luck.

Peter
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-----Original Message-----
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

Dianne

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