0x000000A0 Internal_Power_Error SP1 already installed

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Bernd Mueller

Hi erverybody,

I´ve installed a Vista ultimate 32bit german version
on an i386-compatible machine.
With ADAPTEC Raid SATA II 1220 Kit PCIe and
2x250 GB HDD = 250 GB RAID 1
Motherboard ASUS P5B

After this I installed Vista SP1 the international version:
Windows6.0-KB936330-X86-wave1
When I´m down the machine it shows blue screen and
0x000000A0 Internal_Power_Error.
In Microsoft support I found KB 942524 to fix the problem,
ordred the hotfix from Microsoft.
I´ve got Fix205350 with the file 327470_intl_i386_zip.exe
and expand it. When I tried to install, the system told
me, thats not able to install the hotfix.
I´ve asked Microsoft again, and they told me:
This is correct, this bugfix is already a part of SP1.
So it should work. If don´t working, ask newsgrop ore open
special payed support call.
So I ask You. Everybody - some ideas?


Bernd
 
Thank You Mark for quick response.

Can You please tell me more about the internal
power driver:
-did You mean the ACPI-Driver ? Is there a special update,
which is not included in SP1?
Where I should look for it:
- on ASUS homepage
- ore on Microsoft Page?
(post me please the URL, if possible)

Is there any influance of BIOS Parameters
oder BIOS version to the problem?

Bernd
 
Hello Mark,

we got it!
To describe the failure exactly:
- the failure may be happen with some ASUS boards and external
RAID-System (external RAID-controller, not the on board controller)
- if I shut down the computer with shut down / power off its working perfect.
- if I want to hibernate the computer by Vista default I can click on
brown "OFF" button in Start-Menu
- normaly the computer has to hibernate: write everything in cache on hard
disk
and switch to hibernate state. If I then press power-button on machine, it
has to
wake up
- in failure it writes and writes and writes.. an switch to hibernate before
ready writing cache dates.
- the early appending of HDD brings this error message (see above)

What we done...
- we looked for new Microsoft ACPI driver (system tells we have newest)
- we looked for new Microsoft disk.sys and atapi.sys (system tells we have
newest
one, loaded with SP1, every hotfix wich describes this error is included in
VISTA SP1 )
- we looked for new ASUS ATK ACPI driver (system tells we have newest)
- we looked for new ASUS Chipset driver (system tells we have newest)
- we looked for new ADAPTEC driver (system tells we have newest)
- we looked for BIOS updates, we had latest 03/10/2008 (but this was the
problem!)

Where does the problem come from?
ASUS sold a board with BETA-BIOS!
In the most PCs it should work, only special constructions (RAID) will make
some terrible effects in hiberanting.

Solution for Experts
- someone of WWW.OLJOCOM.DE told us: attention, this is a BETA BIOS!
(many thanks to OLJOCOM-team)
- so we made a BIOS downgrade to the latest stable version,
downloaded from original ASUS site:
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5B
- the BIOS shows now 09/25/07
- it works!

Solution for Beginners
If You dont like downgrade Your BIOS, YOU should disable all
energy and hibernate features, at 1st HDD. So the PC should not be
able to hibernate itself, if You leave it alone.
Also You can change Your Start Menu Power Button to "shut down",
to be sure not to hibernate the PC, if You want it to down/power off.
Normaly this button is Vista default = "hibernate" on click.
Look here
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/change-the-windows-vista-power-buttons-to-shut-down/
(if You are right, the button changes the color to red)

Have a nice day

Bernd
 
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