BSOD during startup, "BAD_POOL_HEADER".

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  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    BSOD during startup, "BAD_POOL_HEADER".


    I recently reinstalled windows for the first time since I bought this computer from it's previous owner. I installed a legitimate version of Home Premium, instead of the pirated Ultimate version that was on it before. I also installed it to a different hard drive.

    Now I get a BSOD almost every time that I start up. It happens during boot, before the login screen. Says "BAD_POOL_HEADER". I'm on Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit. I've already updated graphics drivers to the latest version. Minidumps and other relevant files are attached. Thank you for your time
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  2.    #2

    Code:
    BugCheck 19, {20, 86629000, 86629180, 18300000}
    
    Probably caused by : ndisuio.sys ( ndisuio!NdisuioIoControl+211 )
    Code:
    1: kd> dt nt!_POOL_HEADER 86629000
       +0x000 PreviousSize     : 0y000000000 (0)
       +0x000 PoolIndex        : 0y0000000 (0)
       +0x002 BlockSize        : 0y000110000 (0x30)
       +0x002 PoolType         : 0y0001100 (0xc)
       +0x000 Ulong1           : 0x18300000
       +0x004 PoolTag          : 0x20206f49
       +0x004 AllocatorBackTraceIndex : 0x6f49
       +0x006 PoolTagHash      : 0x2020
    1: kd> dt nt!_POOL_HEADER  86629180
       +0x000 PreviousSize     : 0y000000110 (0x6)
       +0x000 PoolIndex        : 0y0000000 (0)
       +0x002 BlockSize        : 0y001010000 (0x50)
       +0x002 PoolType         : 0y1111001 (0x79)
       +0x000 Ulong1           : 0xf2500006
       +0x004 PoolTag          : 0x10010004
       +0x004 AllocatorBackTraceIndex : 4
       +0x006 PoolTagHash      : 0x1001
    There seems to be a corrupt pool header, which is usually related to drivers causing buffer overflows.

    Are you able to boot into the computer at all?
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  3. Posts : 3,056
    Windows 10
       #3

    Hello and welcome to SF :) .

    Your bugchecks appear to be caused by a very old WLAN driver.

    Code:
    BAD_POOL_HEADER (19)
    The pool is already corrupt at the time of the current request.
    This may or may not be due to the caller.
    The internal pool links must be walked to figure out a possible cause of
    the problem, and then special pool applied to the suspect tags or the driver
    verifier to a suspect driver.
    Arguments:
    Arg1: 00000020, a pool block header size is corrupt.
    Arg2: 86629000, The pool entry we were looking for within the page.
    Arg3: 86629180, The next pool entry.
    Arg4: 18300000, (reserved)
    We see a usermode program calling into the kernel and using ndisuio
    Code:
    STACK_TEXT:  
    91a0bb50 82a820d1 86629008 00000000 a28ca68a nt!ExFreePoolWithTag+0x1b1
    91a0bb9c 82a79b9f 018ad7d0 91a0bbe4 91a0bbdc nt!IopCompleteRequest+0xe6
    91a0bbe8 97b7231f 866796f0 866264f0 00000000 nt!IopfCompleteRequest+0x3b4
    91a0bbfc 82a385be 00000104 878ad790 878ad790 ndisuio!NdisuioIoControl+0x211
    91a0bc14 82c2bb09 866796f0 878ad790 878ad800 nt!IofCallDriver+0x63
    91a0bc34 82c2ecdb 866264f0 866796f0 00000000 nt!IopSynchronousServiceTail+0x1f8
    91a0bcd0 82c7561b 866264f0 878ad790 00000000 nt!IopXxxControlFile+0x6aa
    91a0bd04 82a3f27a 000004f8 00000000 00000000 nt!NtDeviceIoControlFile+0x2a
    91a0bd04 770a7094 000004f8 00000000 00000000 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0x12a
    WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
    007df57c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x770a7094
    The raw stack doesn't reveal anything concrete as well, but by association of ndisuio (NDIS-uIO)
    we can look at the active network related drivers.

    This USB adapter is active:
    Code:
    Product Type    ZyXEL G-202 Wireless USB Adapter
    Using this driver:
    Code:
    Driver    c:\windows\system32\drivers\wlangzxp.sys (1.7.3.38)
    The driver is as I said is very old!
    Code:
    lmvm wlangzxp
    start    end        module name
    97a1f000 97ad2800   WlanGZXP   (deferred)             
        Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\WlanGZXP.sys
        Image name: WlanGZXP.sys
        Timestamp:        Tue Sep 23 06:13:41 2008

    I'm assuming you're able to boot into the PC long enough for you to post
    this thread, please use that time to update the driver.
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  4. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Yes, I'm using it right now. If I restart it enough times, it eventually will get to the login screen and work perfectly after that. Also, if it helps at all, it boots up every single time if I use safe mode.
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  5. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I might be screwed then. Those drivers are actually the newest ones on the website. I bought that wifi adapter somewhere around 2004. It worked fine on my last windows 7 install. They are said to be compatible with 7 on the website.

    EDIT: It looks like Zyxel has multiple driver pages. The last one I looked at only had the 2008 drivers. I will update those and report back if I have problems. Thanks!
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  6. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Ok, Zyxel is doing something stupid. I downloaded what were labeled as the 2010 drivers, but windows told me that those weren't any more current than what I already had (2008).

    So, out of curiosity, I read the .inf file in the new drivers I downloaded. They appear to actually be the same driver version I already have, from 2008.

    WTF Zyxel? Is this some kind of joke?
    Last edited by loudaslife; 08 Oct 2013 at 15:02. Reason: Typo
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  7. Posts : 3,056
    Windows 10
       #7

    When you do please post a new instance of the MSINFO32 file :) .

    Start> Run> Type MSINFO32 then hit [Enter].
    In MSINFO32 go to, File> Save> name it your user-name and upload.
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  8. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    I can't update my drivers, windows won't let me since the drivers I just downloaded seem to be identical to what I already have, despite being labeled differently on the manufacturers website. I've attached a new MSINFO32 anyways.
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  9.    #9

    Have you checked for Realtek driver updates?

    Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)

    Support Page - Realtek
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  10. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    I updated Realtek drivers to the latest version, but to no avail. I'm going to assume that it is the WiFi adapter's fault.

    I've already purchased a new Ethernet cable to run wired internet to this PC, something I've been planning to do for a long time now. I'll just deal with the errors until I can uninstall that driver and throw that aging adapter out. I'll come back here if the problem persists after I remove the driver. Thanks everybody for your help!
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