Error message when you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from hibernation after the “Internal wireless device” setting in the BIOS is changed to Enabled: “Hardware Malfunction”
Consider the following scenario:
- You are running a Windows Vista-based computer.
- You enter the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), and then you change the Internal wireless device setting to Hidden.
- You restart the computer.
- The computer enters hibernation.
- You resume the computer from hibernation, and then you enter the BIOS again.
- You change the Internal wireless device setting to Enabled.
When you try to restart the computer in this scenario, you receive the following error message:
*** Hardware Malfunction
Call your hardware vendor for support
NMI: Parity check / Memory Parity Error
*** The system has halted
For more information on this issue, including potential causes, workarounds, and resolutions, see: Microsoft KB Article KB948722.

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