Hello!

I am getting a BSOD with "Bad_Pool_Header" when I am trying to utilize my "Nascar Racing 2003 Season" game. However, the BSOD does not immediately appear when I start game, only after "action" occurs. (accelerator, etc.) My machine functions normally and without issue in every other aspect of its utilization, i.e., the BSOD never appears until I begin the game. In fact, all is well even when I first start the game -- I put in the disc; The option screen to "begin" appears; I click on "begin"; the game starts up, I choose tracks, etc., but when I begin any "action" within the game (pressing accelerator more than once, for example), the BSOD rears up. Along with the "Bad_Pool_Header" at the top of BSOD display, the following "Stop" errors appear at the bottom of BSOD:
"0x00000019"
"0x00000020"
"0x84A94B40"
"0x84A94CA8"
"0x0A2D0008"
**I've never had problems using the game at any other time, other than needing a better vid card to upgrade from Nascar 2002 to 2003. (I have an NVIDIA GeForce FX5500 which has always worked fine, and I downloaded and installed the newest NVIDIA drivers for it last night, as I have always done periodically).
The only "change" that I can think of was the adding of SP2 to my XP Pro OS. I did the SP2 upgrade a while ago, but had not tried to use the game since the upgrade until relatively recently. Each time, the above described action occured with the game -- I am finally writing to you now because I am TRULY stumped. Again, my machine functions with no issues during regular use, internet use, and I regularly do Windows Update.

Did I miss something along the way?? Some SP2 tweak?? I appreciate any and all help you may be able to provide!

Thanks much!
Jon S.

Unfortunately....

Thank you for the reply!

Unfortunately, the 2003 version was Sierra/Papyrus' last NASCAR sim, and all the patches were completed circa 2004. What I was hoping to find is perhaps a workaround of some sort with SP2, and something that would help identify the STOP messages accompanying the BSOD.
Since Sierra is no longer supporting my specific game, the workaround I was hoping for would be for something others may be experiencing with other games, again perhaps due to SP2. I have yet to find anything....

Thanks again,
JS