Debugging Tools for Windows

Bug Check 0x36: DEVICE_REFERENCE_COUNT_NOT_ZERO

The DEVICE_REFERENCE_COUNT_NOT_ZERO bug check has a value of 0x00000036. This indicates that a driver attempted to delete a device object that still had a positive reference count.

Parameters

The following parameters are displayed on the blue screen.

Parameter Description
1 The address of the device object
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 Reserved

Cause

A device driver has attempted to delete one of its device objects from the system, but the reference count for that object was non-zero.

This means there are still outstanding references to the device. (The reference count indicates the number of reasons why this device object cannot be deleted.)

This is a bug in the calling device driver.

Build machine: CAPEBUILD