Frequent blue screens with the stop code BAD_POOL_CALLER

This has been a problem for a couple months now. It seems to have something to do with my graphics driver (my PC is honestly not the best, so when I try to run games for longer periods of time it heats up and eventually blue screens.)

After I updated my driver, I thought it had been fixed, as it stopped for a week or two. Unfortunately, that was not the case, and now the blue screen is back. :(

I noticed that all of the blue screens would say BAD_POOL_CALLER. What can I do to fix it?

Hi, thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

I understand the issue you have, nothing to worry I am here to help, and just to confirm can you still use the affected device? if so, we need to analyze the error, can you please check if you have minidump files on the PC so that we can further examine what is the root cause of the issue?

Press Windows key + E (To open File Explorer)

Click "This PC" > then follow the file path:

C:\Windows\Minidump

Copy the Minidump files and save them to another location like Desktop or Documents.

Then please upload it to Cloud storage like OneDrive or any cloud storage you are using and please share the shareable link here.

To upload and share the link using One Drive:

Go to this link: https://onedrive.live.com/ then upload the file.

Then provide the shareable link by following the steps from this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/shar...


Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard

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Unfortunately it says I do not have permission to open the file.

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Hi thanks for replying, you do not need to open the Minidump folder, you need to copy it to a desktop or any other location before opening or uploading it, please let me know if that works.

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Last updated April 18, 2025 Views 30 Applies to: