"Bad Pool Header" BSOD after installing CCC

[Mohonri]

So I'm setting up a Radeon 5450. When I installed the 12.3 drivers, I got a page fault BSOD every time I got to the desktop. 12.2 drivers refused to install, and 12.1 (and earlier) drivers give me a "BAD_POOL_HEADER" BSOD on boot.

If I install only the driver, without CCC, it seems to work, but Windows doesn't detect a monitor attached to the DVI port. So I kinda need CCC. I read that there might be a hardware problem with my RAM (and I'm running memtest right now--no errors yet)

Has anyone else run into this, and been able to solve it?

 

[sirmonkey1985]

yeah definitely sounds ram related or os related.. had a similar problem with my ram though not with CCC specifically(different program) all 4 sticks tested fine, pulled out 2 of them and magically worked fine with the program. but since i don't use that program anymore i put them back in and they have been fine for almost 3 years now, never could find the exact reason but it was something it didn't like about those two sticks.

you could try pulling 1 or 2(depending on how many you have) and see if that solves it or not or try alternating them.

 

[kcconlin9319]

Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I'm trying to update Catalyst from 11.12 to 13.4 and I get a BAD_POOL_HEADER BSOD shortly after reaching the desktop. System seems perfectly stable under 11.12. A few months ago I tried a 12.something version of Catalyst and the result was exactly the same. Posted the problem on the AMD forums (http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=454&threadid=167592&forumid=11), only suggestion so far is to turn off the overclock which has been stable for years. Thanks!

 

[Mohonri]

Yeah, eventually I stuck with an older driver (6.14.10.7267) and it seems to be working.