Fix Stop 0×000000A0 Internal_Power_Error When Windows 7 Hibernates
When attempting to hibernate the computer on a Windows 7 system or let computer enters hibernation mode, the operating system may stop halt with a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) the following error message as technical information:
STOP 0×000000A0 INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR (0×0000000B, 0xXXXXXXXX, 0xXXXXXXXX, 0xXXXXXXXX
The problem occurs because the size of the hibernation file (hiberfil.sys) size is not large or big enough to save and store current contents loading in the system RAM or memory. Windows 7, and other Windows operating system, requires equal size of hiberfil.sys hibernation cache file with system RAM memory size in order to work properly.
Thus, in order to fix and solve the above issue, just set a bigger size of hiberfile with the following steps:
- Open a command prompt window with elevated administrator privileges.
- Type the following command and press ENTER:
powercfg /hibernate /size 100
Above command will set the new hiberfil.sys hibernation file to a size which is the same with 100% of total system memory available.
- Exit the command prompt, and attempt to hibernate again.
Users who do not use hibernation feature, or just want to use Sleep mode (differences between sleep and hibernate mode) can easily disable and turn off hibernate feature, which also has the advantage removing hiberfil.sys hiberfile that takes up big storage space.
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November 18th, 2009 18:03
I have exactly the same problem with my Windows 7 laptop. It’s a Dell Inspiron 1720 computer with orginally Windows Vista, but I’ve upgraded it to Windows 7 Ultimate.
I had also a 0×000000A0 internal power error with BSOD every time I attempted to hibernate. I did all the steps in this topic, but it still doesn’t work. I keep getting this error. Is there an other posibility for this error?
October 16th, 2009 03:37
By default on a 2GB system, hiberfil.sys was set to 1.7GB, so I don’t think it’s unusual. I assume this was done to save space, but apparently a problem can creep in that way (though I don’t see the KB article to support this post).
October 15th, 2009 23:03
Why would the hibernation file ever be set to another size? Would this happen if I added or removed memory after enabling hibernation?