Bad pool caller with a twist....

[quietfly]

Here is a Brief synopsis of the issue:
I have a 3 month old home built system that includes the Following equipment:

Asus Rampage II Extreme X58 Mother board
Intel i7 920
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
2x 4870's
Antec tpq 850
WD1500ADFD 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB boot drive
4xRE2 WD5000YS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB in raid 5
Pioneer Black 5X BD-ROM 12X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA
Vista 64 ultimate sp1

Following a reboot to update Total media extreme software the pc refused to reboot stating registry errors. I then attempted to boot to the Vista dvd and would bluescreen everytime giving a "bad_pool_caller" error. After reading up on it on microsofts website i figured i'd try the replacing the memory first. after replacing the ram with known good ram from another machine, i received the exact same error while attempting to boot to the vista DVD. After doing some more web research, i reseated every component, from proc to sound riser to videocards. Still same error. I then ensured all the wiring for each of the HDD's was seated and in. still same error. i tried using a different DVD drive, no go. i attempted booting with just one stick of ram, and then with only one video card. still same error.

i'm down to the following components left to check :

boot drive
motherboard
CPU

All of them are still under warranty.

I'd like suggestions or insight to which i should attempt to replace first.
i'm stuck at this point.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[nickbits]

run memtest. maybe that mb doesn't like the "good" ram.

that error is a ram problem so it is either the ram or mb. only other possiblity would be you installed the OS with the bad ram and some of the os files got corrputed but I think WFP makes that unlikely.

 

[quietfly]

both the original ram and test ram boot in another x58 board and the system ran fine for alittle over three months before this "issue"

 

[nickbits]

Originally posted by: quietfly
both the original ram and test ram boot in another x58 board and the system ran fine for alittle over three months before this "issue"

Run memtest on *that* system now just to double check
Do a system restore to before you installed the TME
Run a virus scan
Check your HD SMART attributes

If the above doesn't do anything I'd reinstall windows.

 

[quietfly]

heh that's part of the problem i can't even boot to the vista dvd to reinstall the OS

 

[nickbits]

Originally posted by: quietfly
heh that's part of the problem i can't even boot to the vista dvd to reinstall the OS

oh sorry, i guess i have selective reading today.

then i would definitely run memtest. try 1 stick at a time in different slots to see if you get any different results.

 

[quietfly]

ram memtest one stick at a time all checked out ok, i still can't boot with an OS DVD with out getting the error, i'm gonna try replacing the boot drive next

 

[quietfly]

is it possible memtest could run if the processor were failing?