Microsoft KB Archive/320899

= Windows XP Generates a &quot;Stop 0xA0&quot; Error Message During Hibernation =

Article ID: 320899

Article Last Modified on 5/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q320899



SYMPTOMS
When you try to hibernate a Windows XP-based computer, you may receive a &quot;Stop 0xA0&quot; error message on a blue screen.



CAUSE
If an integrated device electronics (IDE) time-out occurs during the hibernation process, the Atapi driver does not wait long enough for the primary IDE drive to come online.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack

For additional information about a fix that resolves this problem, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

331958 Hard Disk May Become Corrupted When Entering Standby or Hibernation



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

Additional query words: kbBaseOS 0x000000A0 Internal_Power_Error

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbfix kboswin2000fix kbwinxpsp1fix KB320899

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