Shutdown or Restart gives Blue Screen "SPECIAL_POOL_DETECTED_MEMORY_CORRUPTION"

**sinz55** · 24 Feb 2010

After working well for months, my Vista Home Premium x64 system has developed a bad bug:

Every time I try to do Shutdown or Restart, right after displaying "Shutting down", the system crashes with a Blue Screen of Death message: "SPECIAL_POOL_DETECTED_MEMORY_CORRUPTION"
with gdrv.sys as the offending driver.

This makes it impossible to do a smooth restart, since I have to do a manual reboot at that point every time.

This behavior does NOT happen in Safe Mode, only in normal mode. That leads me to believe it's a software bug.

But I've used verifier.exe and still can't find a driver that's faulty. Verifier.exe can't find anything wrong with gdrv.sys.

Any ideas?

**richc46** · 24 Feb 2010

Welcome

If you follow these instructions, you will be helped.

[1 - Novice] How to ask for help with a BSOD problem - Windows 7 Forums

Same for seven and vista.

**sinz55** · 24 Feb 2010

I need to update my earlier request for help:

After working well for months, my Vista Home Premium x64 system has developed a bad bug:

Every time I try to do Shutdown or Restart, right after displaying "Shutting down", the system crashes with a Blue Screen of Death message: "SPECIAL_POOL_DETECTED_MEMORY_CORRUPTION"

This makes it impossible to do a smooth restart, since I have to do a manual reboot at that point every time.

This behavior does NOT happen in Safe Mode, only in normal mode. That leads me to believe it's a software bug.

I can't seem to find any bad drivers via verifier.exe

Attached to this message is a zip of the associated minidump.
It seems to suggest the problem is somewhere in ntoskrnl.exe

Any ideas?

P.S. I also attached a Belarc Advisor listing of my computer's current configuration, if that's any help.

**Katokato** · 25 Feb 2010

it does say memory corrupt so try moving the ram around in to different slots or try to get new ram and see wat happens when u try to turn on your computer.

**richc46** · 25 Feb 2010

If the memory is not the issue, try this.

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

**stoneys-nutz** · 25 Feb 2010

Hello sinz55,
Here is the bug check for your BSOD.

STOP 0x000000C1: SPECIAL_POOL_DETECTED_MEMORY_CORRUPTION

Usual causes: Device driver, Memory

As you can see, it is either a driver problem, or memory issues.
Although your PC has been running OK for a long time, a lot of things can make a driver stop functioning as it should, such as hard shutdowns.

If you have anything overclocked, set it back to default.
Remove any and all USB devices, and any other extras, leave keyboard and mouse.

gdrv.sys is related to Microsoft Register Server, and is a part of Windows Operating System.
Your driver is from Dec 2009.

There are a few ways to try and fix this.
First, carry out a repair install.

Repair Install For Vista

Second, replace the offending driver, as this is part of the Vista operating system, you would need to take the file from the Vista DVD/CD.
This link will show you how to do that.

Missing dll error solution-Dll free download for not found error

Third, go to your MB manufacturers site, and update your chipset drivers.

Fourth, run this piece of free software, gdrv is not showing correctly in the dump file, as it is part if the Windows OS,it should.
(Just to eliminate the possibility of a virus type corruption).

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

These are in no order, so just do what you feel comfortable doing first.

The driver verifier program is not always correct in its diagnosis, so don't assume it is a memory issue, although with these types of blue screens you never know until its fixed.
I will go over your dump file again, just to make sure i did not miss anything, and to check the rest of your drivers.

Try the above and post your results, good luck.

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